[Mrs. Don-o]

Here's how it would work: as Gay State Conservative said awhile ago:

"Government prosecutor....”tell me who has confessed sexual abuse to you”....Priest responds: “first,people don’t identify themselves to me by name.That is by design.Second,I can’t see their faces.That,too,is by design.Third,many people...out of shame or embarrassment...disguise their voices.So even if I *wanted* to help you I couldn’t."

Or should the priest take the initiative and tip off the police>

Yeah, ring up 911 and say: "Somebody --- I don't know who--- said he sexually molested children, but I don't know exactly what he did, or to whom, or where, or how long ago."

And that benefits whom?

Or, lastly, just put a wire and a videocam in every Confessional. At which point, nobody goes to Confession.

That solves the problem! --- but only if your problem is with the existence of Catholicism.

[hinckley buzzard]

Why do you suppose the General Synod recommended this, if they don't think they have a way of making it "work?" Perhaps gsc (and you) don't have all the information.