[marshmallow]

I don't believe such a law has ever been enacted anywhere, even in times of intense anti-Catholicism, such as during the French Revolution. Yet here it is being proposed in, of all places...........Ireland.

Quite extraordinary.

Persecution is never instigated spontaneously and for no apparent reason. There is always some public "good" to be achieved by such a course of action. The Church is either "the enemy of the people" (under Communism) or "corrupt" (French Revolution) or some other such crime . The oncoming persecution in the west will be for, amongst other things, "sheltering child molesters".

[Sacajaweau]

I never understood the Seal of Confession for CRIMES.

We did away with it here.....years ago...opting for General Confessions.

So, obviously, the whole Confession thing is man made rules.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This proposal is part of the ongoing attack on Western Civilization with its Christian heritage. So far The Third World and Non-Christian assailants are everywhere victorious.

By the way, secular law in California protects the Priest-Penitent communication. There would be a question of whether or not the Priest was obligated to report a plan to commit a crime in the future.

[Jim Noble]

A secular law cannot void the seal of confession, since that is not a privilege granted by the State.