"but o-dear-me you can be so ignorant sometimes"
And you can be so deviously stupid Mike - as I made plain "without fear of being either apprehended or reported" I was not referring to "absolution" I was pointing out that I would be free to continue abusing children because the priest would be under an obligation not to report me to the authorities - go educate yourself.
"Yes. They say so."
Some make that an excuse for doing so - unless you could point to a universal declaration showing otherwise.
Perhaps you might comment on the statistics I gave.
Jim Carroll