SALT LAKE CITY (UT)
KUTV
January 13, 2020
By McKenzie Stauffer
An organization dedicated to defending and protecting the Catholic Church is speaking out against a new bill that is set to be discussed in Utah’s 2020 Legislative session.
President of the Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights, William Donohue Ph.D., wrote a letter to Rep. Angela Romero, the sponsor of H.B. 90, to express his concern.
The new bill would remove the clergy exemption from reporting child abuse. Meaning if the bill passes, religious leaders would be required, by law, to report confessions of child abuse in Utah.
Donohue claims the bill would violate “the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Roman Catholic Church.”
“You are treading on dangerous territory,” Donohue wrote.
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