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Thread #128156   Message #2880908
Posted By: Ed T
06-Apr-10 - 04:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Subject: RE: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
A few years back, a RC priest friend of mine (we went to university together, and were close at that time) told me that through church confessions that incest was rampant in his parish. I told him that I felt he had a moral obligation to go to authorities. He said he could not, because of his RC church obligations. I suggested he not name names, but advise the police or social workers of thealarming incidence of incest that he wa aware of, so they could reach out to those impacted. He told me that it was not church policy to do that. I can't certify that his interpretation of local RC church policy was correct, at that time. But, this always struck me as an unchristian face of the RC church.