1.) For the sake of peoples' peace of mind, these laws that "threaten the seal" almost never have a practical situation in which they could feasibly be applied. Seriously, what am I going to do? Hear a Confession, absolve the penitent, run to the sacristy, grab my phone, call the police, and try to apprehend the perp? Yeah right.
1.) For the sake of peoples' peace of mind, these laws that "threaten the seal" almost never have a practical situation in which they could feasibly be applied. Seriously, what am I going to do? Hear a Confession, absolve the penitent, run to the sacristy, grab my phone, call the police, and try to apprehend the perp? Yeah right.
2.) On a less-facetious note... I've found in my [admittedly few] years as a priest that the one thing that unites every priest of every stripe--from the most hardened traditionalist to dudes who only own Hawaiian shirts--is the sacrosanct nature of the Seal of Confession. It's actually quite edifying.
1.) For the sake of peoples' peace of mind, these laws that "threaten the seal" almost never have a practical situation in which they could feasibly be applied. Seriously, what am I going to do? Hear a Confession, absolve the penitent, run to the sacristy, grab my phone, call the police, and try to apprehend the perp? Yeah right.
2.) On a less-facetious note... I've found in my [admittedly few] years as a priest that the one thing that unites every priest of every stripe--from the most hardened traditionalist to dudes who only own Hawaiian shirts--is the sacrosanct nature of the Seal of Confession. It's actually quite edifying.