North Dakota lawmaker withdraws bill requiring violation of seal of confession catholicnewsagency.com

A North Dakota bill that would have required priests to violate the seal of confession has been withdrawn by its co-sponsor.

The bill, SB 2180, required priests or other religious figures to report cases of child abuse or neglect to the authorities if they learned about the abuse in a confession or private conversation.

State Sen. Judy Lee (R-West Fargo), who co-sponsored the bill, requested on Jan. 29 that it be withdrawn from consideration. Lee said the controversial bill had become “a distraction” and cited a “lack of understanding about the goal and the circumstances.”…

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