The Church's Response on Deser. News

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The church's response on deser has been that there are complications within the laws in different states. The clergy penitents privilege may not allow a bishop to report the abuse. But even if you're in a sit owhere, you learn that directly from the abuser. That just means you can't disclose it. It doesn't mean you can't do things to protect the victim. I guess the bishop could even encourage the abuser to turn themselves in. If the church believes in obeying, honouring and sustaining the law, which is one of their articles of faitha,. the church could ind theand if the church realized it had no business investigating these sorts of cases.

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