“This is about the state power encroaching where Western law never allowed it to encroach before - into the confessional.”
The church really protected all those kids when they were hiding known pedophiles for decades. That’s really showing respect for the law now, ain’t it.
The church could have done the right thing, defrocked these monsters, and handed them over to the authorities for prosecution. But they didn’t. In fact they actively engaged in a massive world wide conspiracy to cover it up.
If the church wanted the sanctity of the confessional respected THEY could have shown a bit of respect for the law AND the victims.
But they didn’t. So this happened.
As you sow so shall you reap.
You’d think all these holy types would have read that part of the Bible.
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“The church really protected all those kids when they were hiding known pedophiles for decades. That’s really showing respect for the law now, ain’t it.”
And how much of any of that was confessed in a confessional? This isn’t about what happened decades ago. Nor is it about cover-ups. It’s about the state telling a religion what it must do and what it must believe. If a state can tell a religion that confessions must be revealed to the state, then it sure as hell can tell a religious person who they must bake a cake for, or who they must perform a wedding ceremony for.
“If the church wanted the sanctity of the confessional respected THEY could have shown a bit of respect for the law AND the victims.”
So the sanctity of the confessional is conditional? Thank God our Supreme Court is smarter than you apparently are.
“You’d think all these holy types would have read that part of the Bible.”
They did. Acts 5:29.