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This law does not compel anyone to spy. It does say that priests, like teachers and psychologists, have a duty to report if they have "reasonable cause to belie
by BryantD 1y ago
This law does not compel anyone to spy. It does say that priests, like teachers and psychologists, have a duty to report if they have "reasonable cause to believe that a child has suffered abuse or neglect."
I see arguments on both sides of this but it's not compelling priests to spy. It's removing religious freedom protections from a long-standing precedent.
- GeoAtreides 1y agoLike I said, it's packaged neatly, but the end of result is the same: breaking the sanctity and confidentiality of the confession, exactly like in the totalitarian regimes... and making priests agents of the state.