Comment on Anti-Masturbation Cross

• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Priests are technically mandatory reporters for any abuse found out about outside of the confessionals.

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I should clarify:

    The wtf is multifaceted.

    • the fact that the reporting requirement is qualified by the role he was playing
    • the fact that he would report her "if she continued"
    • the fact that he shared he could report her at all if the first two conditions were met

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To the 2nd and 3rd points, I think the mentality is ‘bitch be crazy, but maybe she’s not stupid enough to do it again’. I’ve heard of parents doing really fucking stupid shit with seemingly good intentions, and most of them will realize how fucking stupid they are once you metaphorically hit them with a clue by four.

      The first is due to archaic rules that allow the confessional booth to be outside of the reporting under the thought that this is just supposed to be between the sinner and god('s representative). It’s fucking stupid, but most of Christianity/Catholicism is in my experience.

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