[fatima]

Well she might have a case and just wants to build on it but Father is a dead end.Father would never say that.She must have mis-understood.

[Ransomed]

The guy who was abusing her has been dead for years, if I recall. This is some kind of civil case against the diocese, to my understanding.

Freegards

[patton]

By my reading of cannon law, the Priest may not talk. Period.

[FredZarguna]

Just as religious FReepers are maintaining that the Seal of the Confessional is absolute, so is the standard of the law, which in civil litigation is based on the standard of the preponderance of evidence. If it is her word against his, and he chooses not to give evidence -- for whatever reason, good or bad -- the jurors must decide that she is telling the truth.

The Diocese can maintain the Seal, and then must pay the price.