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531: Higher Power Edition

The Scathing Atheist

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The Mormon Church Can Refuse to Answer Questions Related to Child Abuse Under Clergy Privilege

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the Mormon Church can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents related to child abuse under clergy privilege. This ruling is about a church member who confessed to abusing his older daughter in 2010 and the church and its officials covered it up for seven fucking years. The court wants pedophiles to have the opportunity to feel less guilty by confessing. That's insane already. I don't know why you would ever want that. And then we're going to subsidize that pedophile absolution thing by spending kids getting fucked without consequences. Yup. It just happened.

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