BREAKING – Longtime Youth Minister under cloud of suspicion for alleged sexual misconduct

It could have something to do with the confessor/penitent confidentiality that is protected by Constitutional law.

DF

That being said, it brings up an interesting point of what we call Liberty.

Liberty means we get to own guns, but we've seen the tragedies of Colorado and Wisconsin in the last few weeks.  Liberty means we retain confidences with lawyers, priests, accountants, and others, by law, even if those confidences have severe and horrible consequences.

Is the occasional massacre the price of Liberty?  Is the shielding of a pedophile the price of Liberty?

I'm asking.

DF

Yes

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The only legally protected confidences are those between lawyers and priests.  Records and testimony can be subpoenaed from everyone else.

How strange this is turning out.

So, whaddya think?  No one is willing to go public with charges.  Oliver admitted to an "inappropriate relationship", a rather vague term, but then we were not there when he discussed it.

Is this a rumor gone wild?  Are people so scared of the religious community that no one will come forth?  Is Oliver, in any sense but legal, obviously guilty?  Innocent?  Are legit victims so scared of local public opinion that they would prefer to suffer in silence?

Kudos to Chief Ray of the SPD.  He seems to be playing this one straight by the book.  As he should.

DF

Seems we should keep this one in mind. I am thinking this may have gone to the grand jury. If so, we can expect an indictment in the coming months. That said, who can you indict when there are no plaintiffs? No evidence at all.