AZ Rep Blocks Bill Requiring Clergy To Report Child Sex Abuse Confessions: The Victim’s Own Parents Can Do It

“The victim has the parents, the victim has the teachers, the victim has friends, the victim has relatives that he or she is close to. So, it doesn’t need a priest to be able to go to court and testify. The seal of confession is never to be broken, and priests will go to jail for it.” – Rep. Quang Nguyen, chairman of  Arizona House Judiciary Committee, refusing to advance a bill spurred by a local Mormon sex abuse case that earned national headlines. Nguyen, a self-proclaimed devout Catholic, is a member of the violent extremist group, the Oath Keepers, whose leader is now imprisoned for his role in the Capitol riot.

Court: LDS Church Had No Duty To Report Incestuous Child Porn Admitted To During “Spiritual Confession” https://t.co/b3js6CxVDh pic.twitter.com/1MTZXxjlAh

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) November 9, 2023

Found out this morning that I’m speaking. My backyard this time. Hope to see you there or here. @infanzon @CherylToddGFR pic.twitter.com/uSkpuiuyQU

— Quang Nguyen (@QuangNguyenAZ) November 13, 2023

A bishop stays silent for seven years while a little girl is being raped. Arizona law allowed him to say nothing and here’s the real stunner, a key legislator wants to keep it that way. https://t.co/6qYmTTnkRj via @azcentral

— Laurie Roberts (@LaurieRoberts) November 13, 2023