That is both exactly the point, and why this passed. Had that not happened over and over and over again this law wouldn’t have been written. But it did and it was.
And when cases are proven, pedophiles need to be dropped into the depths of the sea chained to a millstone. Priests who knew need to be chained with them.
That is not the way it is.
“That is both exactly the point, and why this passed.”
No, it isn’t. What evidence do you have that all, many or even more than a few abuse cases were confessed in the confessional to a priest? This is about punishing the Church in a way that will not actually lead to the protection of children.
1) If an abuser has a pang of conscience, but knows his confessional is now subject to state records, he will simply not confess.
2) Even if he confesses, since the confession is anonymous, no abuser will EVER actually be turned in if he ever bothers to make a confession. IT’S ANONYMOUS.
3) Since no names are used in confessions most likely there will be no details known about the abused child.
Thus, who EXACTLY is going to be helped by this law?
Priests can’t obey it.
Confessions are anonymous so abusers will not be caught even if the priest reveals to police what he heard.
Names of victims will not be known so no child will be aided by this.
There isn’t even reason to believe abusers are confessing in the first place.
The only logical outcome of this is that Leftist agitators, seeking to destroy the Church, will use the law to entrap priests. That is the only possible outcome if the law actually comes into play.