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Eko

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4. You see a lawyer for counsel

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 10:12 PM

Sep 2020

for legal reasons, seeing a priest for moral counsel is in no way the same thing. The lawyer is there to represent you in the face of the constitution and our laws, not so with the priest. The case may actually have evidence of wrong doing but the addition of the priests testimony may put it over the edge of guilty. It doesn't need to be that the priest makes the case, they may just add to the preponderance of evidence, enough to convict. Without the priests testimony, it may not be enough.

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Queensland passes law to jail priests for not reporting confessions of child sexual abuse [View all] sl8 Sep 2020 OP

Do they also require them to report other confessed crimes, TreasonousBastard Sep 2020 #1

How are preists like doctors and lawyers? Eko Sep 2020 #2

There is probably no primal right to privacy and ones we have.. TreasonousBastard Sep 2020 #3

You see a lawyer for counsel Eko Sep 2020 #4

The law is written and operated by people of many states... TreasonousBastard Sep 2020 #5

Moral and ethical codes do not supersede the law. Eko Sep 2020 #6