Clergy Privilege… Not All Faith-Based Communications Are Protected By The Clergy-Penitent Privilege: Reminger Attorneys at Law 5 Dec 202128 Dec 2021 McFarland v. West Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Lorain, OH, Inc., 9th Dist. Lorain No. 15CA010740, 2016-Ohio-5462Not All Faith-Based Communications Are Protected By The Clergy-Penitent Privilege: Reminger Attorneys at Law Excerpt:…
Catholic Church… French clerical abuse report puts spotlight on Roman Catholic confession | The Seattle Times (From New York Times) 7 Nov 202128 Dec 2021 1 of 2 | A visitor prays at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Pari in October. A church-ordered report issued in October by an independent commission on sexual abuse inside…
Clergy Privilege… Pope Francis issues groundbreaking law requiring priests, nuns to report sex abuse, cover-up 9 May 201918 Oct 2019 The law mandates that the world's 415,000 Catholic priests and 660,000 religious sisters inform church authorities when they have "well-founded motives to believe" abuse has occurred. Source: Pope Francis issues…
Catholic Church… Attorney General Nessel to Catholic Church: Stop self-policing 21 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 Nessel asked the Diocese of Lansing and its counterparts to pause internal reviews as her office investigates clergy abuse. That may take up to two years LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has…
Blog… Why I am a SCAARS Supporter (M.P.) 7 Nov 20183 May 2019 -- by Michael Paddock -- For many years, I ministered as an elder in a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs). Looking back, I can say one thing for certain –…
Blog… Should Confessions to Clergy Be Exempted from Mandatory Reporting of Child Sex Abuse? 8 Oct 20183 May 2019 -- by Michael Walter Finkbeiner -- The history of confession, along with the penance and absolution it achieves in the mind of the believer, is rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition.…