As I said
"While child abuse needs to be dealt with, ..."
“”Youre saying criminals are immune to the law because they tell someone in secret they committed a crime?”
As I said
“While child abuse needs to be dealt with, ...””
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So therefore what?
Logically your argument is that Priests should inform police of serious crimes they are aware of.
I agree.
Any Church is not the state and is not the arbiter of justice in criminal matters.
In allowing exceptions to criminal justic based on a specific religious belief, the state does establish religion which violates the first amendment.