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Retrograde

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3. And a third point

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 06:37 PM

Jun 23

I was taught in 12 years of Catholic school that while a priest may not go to the authorities if he has knowledge of a crime, he may tell the person confessing that absolution is contingent on their going to the authorities

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As I recall, the Catholics are not alone in child and sexual abuse. Lonestarblue Jun 23 #2