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Clergy could report crimes

By Hicbd
Fri Oct 21 2022 9:55 am

HB90 targeted Utah’s “clergy-penitent privilege,” a law similar to those in many states that exempts clergy of all denominations from the requirement to report child abuse if they learn about the crime in a confessional setting. Utah’s Catholic leaders had mobilized against HB90 arguing that it threatened the sacred privacy of confessions. More importantly, it met with disapproval from some members in the powerful Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose followers comprise the vast majority of the state Legislature."

URL:
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/09/28/catholic-lds-other-churches/
https://www.wvnstv.com/archives/can-priests-and-pastors-report-crimes-if-someone-confides-in-them/
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/09/28/clergy-loophole-child-sex-abuse

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Categories:
Crime / Theft Child Welfare / Protection Religion Sexual Assault / Abuse U.S. State Government Catholicism Mormonism / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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