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	Ireland: Priests Must Break Seal of Confession By Pat Archbold National Catholic Register July 14, 2011 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/ireland-priests-must-break-seal-of-confession/ Here in the US, governmental antipathy toward religion and particular the Catholic Church is a growing threat. Catholic organizations are already being prevented from providing adoption services and you can bet your favorite pair of skinny jeans that gay marriage laws will eventually culminate in discrimination charges for any religious organization that refuses to go along. All these things erode our religious liberty. But the governmental death blow aimed at the heart of the Church is to destroy the seal of confession. If you think this could never happen, think again. It may be happening right now in Ireland. The Irish government, including the person no less than the Prime Minister, the Minister for Justice, and the Minister for Children are all backing legislation that would require priests to break the seal of confession to report pedophiles. This is, of course, not only a monstrous attack the Church and religious liberty, it is also completely useless. Do these Irish geniuses think that all pedophiles are complete morons? If a pedophile knows that the priest will/must rat him out to the coppers, how many pedophiles will be confessing? Yeah, about the same number of Mensa members in the Irish government. But why stop there? Why not force them to break the seal for the crimes of murder, rape, and spilling your beer? Where would it end? We would still have pedophilia, murder, rape, and spilled beer, but no confession. Aha… Even if this ridiculous move is rejected in Ireland, as it should be, don’t get comfortable. You are guaranteed that some atheidiot legislator will be trying this on this side of the pond sometime soon. Remember, every bad idea that has ever originated in Europe eventually becomes progressive wisdom in the US>
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