[fr_freak]

Nothing sacrosanct about keeping pedophiles secret. If a priest doesn’t tell, he’s a pervert too. The Catholic church does not exist in some separate country, they have to follow the rules in America just like everybody else.

Oh BS. The Church, properly functioning, is in a battle for eternal souls, and answers to God first and man's law second. The Sacrament of Confession serves a specific purpose, and is sacred because of it. Any priest worth a damn, if he were to receive such a confession, would demand that the confessor stop his actions if they are ongoing, and perhaps turn himself in, but he is not going to violate that sacrament, nor should he. There are probably ways the priest can act to protect the child if the crimes are ongoing, but he STILL will not violate the Sacrament of Confession.

[b4me]

bible tells us to abide by (obey) the laws of land we live in. so a priest not telling authorityies would be going against the bible - God’s word. Romans 13. unless priests bibles don’t include Romans 13?

[MrEdd]

Yeah, well disgusting filth who protect pedophiles over children drive those victims away by what they falsely demonstrate the values of God to be.

Spare us all your ill thought and indefensible platitudes.

Driving away how many eternal souls each predator mutilates so you can minister to those who rape them and devour their innocence.

[DesertRhino]

Ok if Catholics leaders decide to follow God’s law first and America second, then it’ll be cool to define them as American outlaws.

If a priest knew about pizzagate? Epstein Island? Jeffrey Dahmer? You think God wants them to sit there silent, and maybe just offer some encouragement to go talk to the law? That is found nowhere in the Bible, even in the red letter words of Jesus himself.

Jesus would have treated them like the money changers in the temple.