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Major Nikon

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4. A priest isn't a counselor or lawyer

Reply to gtar100 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:42 PM

Mar 2019

Those people have formal training requirements to do what they do and are bound by licenses that tie them to specific codes of conduct. Neither are those types of people given the latitude of confidentiality provided to priests. Neither do either of those types of people afforded the access to children that priests have. Neither do those types of people have a very long and sordid history of abusing trust with children and covering up an epidemic of child rape of biblical proportions.

So no, priests aren’t in the same position. Not even close.

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As I understand it... [View all] uriel1972 Mar 2019 OP

As I understand it, Igel Mar 2019 #1

So you're fine with child rapists going to heaven... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #2

Lawyers are in no sense of the word "secular priests." marylandblue Mar 2019 #13

Another defender of religious privilege over the prevention of child rape. trotsky Mar 2019 #19

The most superficial aspect to confession is what is said. gtar100 Mar 2019 #3

A priest isn't a counselor or lawyer Major Nikon Mar 2019 #4

They are in the same position regardless of fitness for duty. gtar100 Mar 2019 #7

Not even close Major Nikon Mar 2019 #9

In position and role they are very similar, in skill and expertise...that's another point entirely. gtar100 Mar 2019 #14

If the confessional requires... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #18

I don't disagree with that. gtar100 Mar 2019 #23

I don't agree they are similar in either skill or expertise Major Nikon Mar 2019 #22

That is an overriding argument. gtar100 Mar 2019 #24

Avoiding the issue... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #5

Missed my point. You are exactly right. gtar100 Mar 2019 #6

What exactly are we asking for? marylandblue Mar 2019 #10

Those that refuse to take sides... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #12

I don't take the side of those who abused me nor do I sit idle gtar100 Mar 2019 #15

It was this quote... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #16

How many abused children... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #17

"The confessional has to be confidential or it cannot work" trotsky Mar 2019 #20

If the priest is in the same position as any other counselor, then they shouldn't get an exemption marylandblue Mar 2019 #8

That's the premise of most flavors of Christianity. Mariana Mar 2019 #11

"It's really horrifying if you think about it." trotsky Mar 2019 #21