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The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated.

https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-excommunicate-priests-following-new-us-state-law-2069039

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not afraid nor am I a member of any church. I am firm in my stance that there is no god. Small or little G. If you read my post again you will see that my point is, even if you are going to go to hell, you are obliged to report abuse. Again, report it. Fucking report it. If the cost is your eternal salvation, you will fucking report it.

They is my point. There is a cost to everything. No matter what you believe, be ready to pay it.

Next time, please read what someone says and not what you want to believe they say. The world would be much better that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

I'd argue, and this isn't easy, the church can continue to use the rule.

The rule of shielding child molesters. I read exactly what you said and quoted it. Now I'm going to enjoy my weekend and not give you any more time to defend child molesters, because what the fuck.