On 8/30/97 12:00 PM, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM (dlv@bwalk.dm.com) passed this wisdom:
Can the priest be prosecuted for not telling the cops about the confession?
Unless something has radically changed the sanctity of the Catholic confessional has never been breeched involuntarily ... i.e.,I do not believe that any court has ever successfully compelled a priest to divulge what he has heard in the confessional. Of course a problem lies in the construction of the question ... its easier to want to try to breech the confessional when you speak of a guy talking about killing a hundred people as opposed to a guy talking about stealing a candy bar. In various ethics discussions on this subject over the years it usually seems to comes down to the fact that morally the priest is bound to try to do something to stop the carnage without divulging what he was told. Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys - Send Email Subject "Get PGP Key" "When I die, please cast my ashes upon Bill Gates. For once, let him clean up after me! " - Christian Worley