Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/33194000
Of course the implications are deeper than this. No kind of abuse of man, woman, or minor by any member of any religion, sect, or denomination will be mandated reportable.
What are your thoughts on this?
This is messed up
I wholly agree. The Church needs to step up and stop pretending there is anything Godly about any abuse of any person (reactive abuse is a desperate attempt at self-defense, so I don’t lump that in, although it should probably be addressed with a therapist, at some point).
There’s no pretending here. Everyone knows how filthy churches are.
I note that Jesus did the bulk of his teaching outside of the temple. And I largely avoid church gatherings, but that’s largely because I don’t have transportation to go where I want to go.
Edited for context
Why the hell doesn’t any one in the church ask l, “what would Jesus do?” In the case of child abuse
For Catholics is: “Jesus would forgive you for continued abuse of children, if you pay your penance.”
