Where in the bible does it state that man must confess to a middleman and that this “confession” is sacrosanct? Confession is nothing more than something made up by man and is not enshrined in law as the attorney-client privilege is. Time to end this farce and make priests reporters of crimes, just as other professionals are required to do.
You didn’t read or understand the Bible.
Christ delegated the forgiveness of sins to the Apostles and their successors. The Sacrament of Reconciliation.
So how would a priest testify in court?
>>"Somebody came into my confessional, I don't know who it was, and said something about putting sexual moves on a kid, I don't know who THAT was, nor do I know when or where the offense would have happened, and no, I can't pick him out of a police line-up"<< -- is that it?
Not only that, but how would anybody know that such a crime might have been confessed, unless the penitent himself told the police? What are they going to do: wire the confessionals? Install video-audio recording devices?
And if they did that, why would anyone come in and confess anything?
As for producing information useful for prosecution, it would turn up nothing, zero.
Besides that, a bad priest who could be pressured into testifying, would be per definition an untrustworthy man who is already breaking a vow. Can such a man be trusted to relay information with scrupulous accuracy? It would be vague, and worse than hear-say.
And a really good, conscientious priest would not bow to pressure to testify at all. Priests have accepted imprisonment rather than do that. They've even been killed, like the following:
Fr. Fernando Olmedo Reguera.
Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig.
St. Mateo Correa Magallanes.
St. John Nepomucene