Child sex abuse is an extremely emotive subject in society because it is so difficult to understand how an adult can desire to have sex with a small child. Most adults feel revulsion at the very thought of this behavior. And herein lies the difficulty in trying to deal rationally with the problem. We get so angry and emotional that all we can think about is revenge and punishment. There is clearly something wrong with pedophiles. It is too late to intervene after the damage has been done to a child. Society has to target some of its resources at preventing the damaging behavior in the first place. Focusing only on the anger and urge to get revenge for the abused children is not the most effective way of preventing child sex abuse in the first place. Modern Germany is an enlightened society. They have recently established programs where pedophiles who are troubled by their urges, can get help without fear that they will be demonized. This is a sensible approach because it aims at preventing the crime in the first place. Some other countries are also taking steps in this direction. Pedophilia should be treated as a illness, like schizophrenia. Of course, the child protection programs, like 'good touch and bad touch', must continue because they empower children to protect themselves. But it is now probably time to hand over control to our frontal cortex a bit more. The amygdala has done its job in getting us angry about the scourge of child sexual abuse.

If Catholics have forfeited the right to have a say on Child abuse then the leftist hypocrites should never have a say on aboriginal issues. They have ignored up to a third of kids in towns right now being abused thanks to their sick ideologies.

What seal? The one that allows an anointed by the very hand of God anointee empowered to hear confessions then forgive transgressions against the most innocent victims?

Being so disgusted as to ring crimestoppers as Mz Ann Nonymous? And voice concerns about a particular individual, without once revealing, special knowledge?

Suggest, given this individual manifests monstrous mental health issues, ought to mean, this individual bears watching/very close official evidence gathering surveillance?

Finishing with the advice, failing to act on this advice may result in permanent harm to a number of groomed and targeted juvenile individuals or worse?

And if followed to the letter? Ensuring at no time ever, has this alleged seal been broken!

Anyhow, the penitent confessor, needs to give himself or herself over to the Authorities and wear what's coming, in order to gain alleged divine forgiveness!

The fact that very few prosecutions have ensued! Sad testament to the absolute farce this man made custom/convention has become!

So much so that their Satanic master, must be rubbing his paws with glee! [Saying, shovel that coal son, the fires of hell have to be kept going for the massively expanded influx, with reserved VIP (vicious, insane, Paedophiles) bookings?]

Suffer little Children to come unto me!
Render unto Caesar, that which is Caesar's! Quote, unquote.
Alan B.

Runner
*...then the leftist hypocrites should never have a say on aboriginal issues. They have ignored up to a third of kids in towns right now being abused thanks to their sick ideologies...*

Expand on that if you will. A statement like that is disturbing, how is it so?

Alan B,

How does the confessor know the identity of the penitent, should he (he/she in some denominations other than Catholic) take a guess?

diver dan

just check out the state of play in Roeburne and look at those opposing intervention diver. Twiggy referred to the Greens as protectors of paedophiles. The lefties are still more interested in protecting their totally flawed dogmas and narratives than protecting kids from sexual abuse.