Sentences with phrase «child making a confession»

In the United States, the Louisiana state Supreme Court ruled last year that state law does not require a priest to notify authorities after hearing evidence of child abuse from a child making a confession.

Not exact matches

Ireland introduced legislation in 2012 which made it a legal requirement to report knowledge of crimes against children, and made no exemption for priests who received information about crimes during confession.

In a hospital room in Bayonne, New Jersey two children of God made the church's ancient confession their present quiet joy.

p. 409) Knowing that his or her confession of child abuse or neglect will be reported, the offending party will not make confession or seek counseling.

Then the text moved on to a formidable list of reformanda: inadequate procedures for selection and training of priests, pastoral responsibilities allotted to those living elsewhere (Campeggio as Bishop of Salisbury would be an example — but Rome was full of such men who used a part of their salary to pay a vicar to look after their diocese while they did other more congenial work in Rome); the bequeathing of benefices in wills especially to the children of priests, pluralism, failure to correct those who make money by hearing confessions.

A confession tangent: I think time - outs are bullshit ineffective as punishment, because it's extremely hard to make them a real punishment (unless you have a completely unfurnished room to put your child in for time - out).

It tells the story of a child murderer in Germany and the police hunt to track him down, resulting in a «staged» trial used to force a confession from the accused and obtain a conviction, making the point of the importance of legal representation in criminal trials to ensure justice, even for the most abhorrent crimes.