A judge has barred Washington from enforcing a state law that would have required Churches to report child abuse. The judge says the law infringed on freedom of religion

Davriellelouna@lemmy.world · edit-2 9 days ago

A judge has barred Washington from enforcing a state law that would have required Churches to report child abuse. The judge says the law infringed on freedom of religion

ubergeek@lemmy.today · 7 days ago

The argument goes that testimony brought of things revealed in confession is by it’s nature hersay

Testifying that someone confessed to a crime is not hearsay. Hearsay is “Person X told me that Person Y did Z”.

Testifying to someone confessing to you is exactly what cops do on the stand, when they testify about a confession a perp provided in an interrogation.

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · edit-2 7 days ago

Colloquial use, not legal. It has been years since I had a class on the admission of testimony, and I mostly just made 40k jokes every time someone said ‘hearsay’ anyways.

A judge has barred Washington from enforcing a state law that would have required Churches to report child abuse. The judge says the law infringed on freedom of religion

A judge has barred Washington from enforcing a state law that would have required Churches to report child abuse. The judge says the law infringed on freedom of religion

Judge blocks WA requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession • Washington State Standard