The Washington Post, March 3rd, 2003
WITH AN INTENSE lobbying campaign, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick managed to kill in 48 hours a proposed Maryland law that would require priests to report suspected child abuse they heard about in the confessional. The law, he argued, would force a priest to violate one of his most sacred duties, and he would rather go to jail than honor it. As one of the most responsible bishops during the sex abuse scandal, the archbishop of Washington should be taken seriously when he takes such a passionate stand. Though a number of states have considered revoking what's known as the clergy-penitent privil...
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