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5. There was a thread the other day complaining about painting religious people with

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 10:34 PM

Nov 2023

a broad brush... I guess I'm about to commit that sin here.

Anyone who is part of that church is complicit in this abuse because it was enabled by the church's policies and its people choosing to keep vile secrets while children were violated in the most abhorrent way. For years.

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Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church [View all] Ptah Nov 2023 OP

WTF. pansypoo53219 Nov 2023 #1

May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Nov 2023 #2

Misogynist effing elders chose not to protect the little girls. MLAA Nov 2023 #3

Wow. It seems the Mormon Church is very influencial, wouldn't you say? Utah voted Trump twice, in case you need reminded keopeli Nov 2023 #4

They have to protect their pedophiles. I hope the girl who alleged being raped by trump when she was 13 years old Escurumbele Nov 2023 #20

There was a thread the other day complaining about painting religious people with RockRaven Nov 2023 #5

you either understand the penitent/confessional part of stopdiggin Nov 2023 #6

Good god! Chi67 Nov 2023 #14

Then should attorney client privileges or doctors confidentiality be flushed to? cstanleytech Nov 2023 #36

when it comes to sexually abusing your kid? or sexually abusing your orleans Nov 2023 #39

That might make it rather difficult for an attorney to provide a defense in a case where cstanleytech Nov 2023 #40

i'm not saying the attorney who reports would also be the defense attorney for the rapist orleans Nov 2023 #44

Generally speaking an attorney would only be aware of it if they were representing a client either cstanleytech Nov 2023 #45

I'm just glad that wasn't your 10,000th post. nt BWdem4life Nov 2023 #15

merely stating what the practice (and law?) prescribes stopdiggin Nov 2023 #24

The offense you don't understand is against the laws of the secular society that shelters them Hekate Nov 2023 #32

a misunderstanding stopdiggin Nov 2023 #34

Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part Hekate Nov 2023 #35

A criminal act should have NO exceptions! Duppers Nov 2023 #7

No exceptions? That would really cut down public defender workloads. After a suspect tells his assigned counsel that he 24601 Nov 2023 #31

This is why I'm an atheist angrychair Nov 2023 #8

--- but don'tja sometimes wish Hell was real? 3Hotdogs Nov 2023 #10

All too often in the last few years. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2023 #12

No, I don't ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #19

You're living in the part of the world where christians ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #21

Going by their relies beliefs they did what they could which was expelling him. Do I agree with them though? Nope. cstanleytech Nov 2023 #41

If you have ever Read "Under the Banner of Heaven" Bristlecone Nov 2023 #9

LDS were the first whites in several parts of AZ not fooled Nov 2023 #11

That's good news an appeal will be filed Mysterian Nov 2023 #18

WTF? Chi67 Nov 2023 #13

Should be criminal for clergy not to report crimes and in general to be mandatory reporters of crimes. PufPuf23 Nov 2023 #16

Problem is the Constitution and its treatment of allowing freedom of religion. cstanleytech Nov 2023 #42

This is the second time the mormons ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #17

The results of Mormon's failure to stop a known Child abuser Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #22

"religious exception" waiver is utter BS, just like the tax exemptions bringthePaine Nov 2023 #23

Typically part of the penance sarisataka Nov 2023 #25

I always understood if the confession was to a crime that had already taken place, it was protected. Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #26

Here is an interesting document melm00se Nov 2023 #27

Yup its the same problem with passing laws regarding guns. cstanleytech Nov 2023 #43

The Court's position on melm00se Nov 2023 #47

WTAF?! sakabatou Nov 2023 #28

There's a similar situation in the Catholic Church. ificandream Nov 2023 #29

Parents protect your children from the three "C's". republianmushroom Nov 2023 #30

Let's hear it for religion. Vinca Nov 2023 #33

Lord, I Have Enough Trouble Gagging Down the Abuse of Attorney-client Privilege The Roux Comes First Nov 2023 #37

All Mormon men 12 or older are 'clergy' pfitz59 Nov 2023 #38

Total grandpamike1 Nov 2023 #46