The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated.

https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-excommunicate-priests-following-new-us-state-law-2069039

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago

I don't want to derail the discussion, but Churches aren't the only organisation attracting/raising child sexual abusers. Sports clubs are an example for secular organisations facing a similar problem.

Sports clubs on the other hand don't have this kind of power and history as organised religion.

Sports clubs would simply be banned, but try to ban the Catholic Church in a place with a Catholic majority.

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