Bill Would Curb Clergy’s Right to Confidentiality
From Times Wire Reports
A state legislator has outraged religious groups by introducing a bill that would abolish the right clergy now have to stay silent when they learn in a confessional that a child has been abused.
The legislation strikes at a central Christian tenet, which is also written into state law, guaranteeing confidentiality when priests or ministers are acting as spiritual advisors.
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