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Irish priests and confession
« on: May 01, 2012, 07:28:40 PM »
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    • Irish priests may be legally required to break the seal of confession for child abusers.

    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/priests-must-break-confessional-seal-irish-government-introduces-anticipate/#

    This is appalling for many reasons, of course.  Discuss those as much as people would like.  The question I posted this for us to consider is, couldn't this law be avoided quite effectively if people practice only "behind the screen" confession?
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