The Church shoild fight this anti Carholic tooth and nail. The confessional is sacrosanct. There are places the government has no right to intrude.
That depends. Are there any actual Catholics left in california, or just cafeteria catholics?
Talked to my priest about this yesterday. Without breaking the seal of confession he said he could tell the penatent that they should report their crime to the police. I thought it could be a condition of forgiveness, but the priest told me after absolution was given it was up to the penitent to follow threw or not.