JondareJun 13, 2023
Damien Marie AtHope

Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse if they learn of the crime during a confessional setting.

The ruling was issued April 7 but not released to the public until Tuesday. A lawsuit filed by child sex abuse victims accuses the church, widely known as the Mormon church, two of its bishops, and other church members of conspiracy and negligence in not reporting church member Paul Adams for abusing his older daughter as early as 2010. This negligence, the lawsuit argues, allowed Adams to continuing abusing the girl for as many as seven years, a time in which he also abused the girl’s infant sister.
https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-child-sex-abuse-e02ae4470a5a53cbeb9aa146ff2762ac

Jun 12, 2023 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadSaltPhoenixJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope Mormons love protecting their predatory men. The reason they give for letting rapists and molesters keep on raping and molesting is that it's "between the abuser and God" aka: they protect each other so they can keep doing it.
Show threadStarry Starry KnightJun 12, 2023
@saltphoenix @DamienMarieAtHope Lest we forget Gawd knocked up another man's wife... 😜
Show threadSaltPhoenixJun 12, 2023
@Space6host @DamienMarieAtHope they've been misogynistic and terrified of cuckolding ever since
Show threadWm.sonJun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope

Court so white, I needed sunglasses

Show threadzeemeerminJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope in the next sentence they tell everyone how the US is the greatest country in the world.
Excuse you America?
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope ah, the fifth, almost as bad as the second……
Show threadScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈Jun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope

There's a key thing missing in this ruling - the Mormon church doesn't have a "confessional setting". There's nothing in their scripture that says the "official" (scare quotes because all church offices are lay-members) hearing it must maintain confidentiality. They stretched the law to the breaking point to get this ruling.

Show threadSue StrongJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope I just know that people that teach young children have to attend training to spot and report child abuse to the authorities, two teachers per class and only parents can take them to the bathroom. Similar to schools where obvious who is abused. Duty to report. I have reported child abuse before sides I was a nurse and cared for children that had been abused when I worked PedsICU. I had read about that case before and just think abusers belong in prison.
Show threadGabriel PettierJun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope waiting for the "protect the children" crowd to react…

💀

Show threadjohn r red-horseJun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope
I don't know, y'all, but this seems pretty fucked up at first glance.

On second glance? Same.

Show threadDamien Marie AtHopeJun 12, 2023
@jrredho Very bad
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope Please tell me again: How is this not a clear violation of the separation of church and state? This is an instance of the state acting on behalf of religion.
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderJun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope

I need to see their definition of "a confessional setting".

Show threadZathrasJun 12, 2023

@DamienMarieAtHope Hey, at least there’s a court above them!

Wait…

Show threadMickJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope So the gop and their corrupt courts condone child sex abuse. They are depraved treasonous criminals.
Show threadGATEKEEPERJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope
JFC....
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope fuck this
Show threadOld Hippie ⓋJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope How many of the justices are themselves Mormon?
Show threadProtectiveHenJun 12, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope Unbelievable. An #LDS bishop let secret child sex abuse go on for SEVEN YEARS without doing anything to stop it, and AZ SC says that is FINE. This investigation will leave scars in your brain: https://apnews.com/article/Mormon-church-sexual-abuse-investigation-e0e39cf9aa4fbe0d8c1442033b894660
Mormon church sex abuse: AP investigation

12,000 pages of sealed court records. A so-called help line. Sex abuse kept secret. AP reveals system that can hide accusations from authorities — and the public eye.

AP News
Show threadRuth O’DayJun 12, 2023
@bok_bok_ba_gok @DamienMarieAtHope
As usual: zero drag queens involved.
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyJun 13, 2023
@DamienMarieAtHope The Arizona Supreme Court just gave us another example of how the caustic effects of faith damage our society.
Show threadNoctisEqui 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇹🏳️‍🌈Jun 13, 2023

@Gustodon @DamienMarieAtHope

Wow, impressive. Such beautiful country, what a delight to be there.

Thank you for this.