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POPE FRANCIS the CON-Christ.
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Updated Arpil 17, 2014
The cartoon by Martyn Turner published in the Irish Times yesterday, April 16, showed three priests standing next to each other singing, “I’d do anything for children (But I won’t do that)” meaning break the seal of confession and report pedophiles (who went to them in Confession) to authorities . The priest in the centre held a paper that has “Children’s First Bill” and “mandatory reporting” written on it referring to Ireland’s Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald who has said that the Children First Bill will make it mandatory for certain professions (including priests in the Sacrament of Confession _and post-holders to report incidents of harm and the risk of harm to the Child and Family Agency. Some Irish priests have been vocal that they will never break the Seal of Confession and wrote to the Irish Times “I wish to object, in the strongest terms possible, to your publication of Martyn Turner’s bigoted, nasty and downright disgraceful cartoon” and “I am registering my absolute disgust and abhorrence at the cartoon…” .
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