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Question: If, during Confession, a priest learns that one of their parishioners is guilty of a capital offense such as murder, should the priest be required to disclose this information to the authorities?
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No
 
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« on: April 30, 2018, 03:01:57 AM »
« edited: April 30, 2018, 03:10:08 AM by Scott🦋 »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privilege
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessional_privilege_(United_States)

In most US states, priests are mostly exempt from having to testify in providing confessions of any crime, although the priest-penitent privilege can be challenged in certain cases such as child sex abuse.  Under Roman Catholic law, a priest who discloses what is revealed to him in Confession may be subject to excommunication.

I vote no unless the person who confessed is actively committing the crime or has expressed intention of doing it again.
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