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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee put a high-ranking priest on administrative leave. It has also launched a formal investigation that centers on an allegation of a consensual relationship.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is investigating a priest after a "social media news story" raised questions about his "fidelity," a Dec. 1 statement said.
Some canon lawyers, sacramental theologians and priests say that the pope cannot amend canon law to require that priests report sexual abuse that they hear about in confession.
Most secular legislators, pundits and child welfare advocates have no experience of the Catholic confessional, so it’s easy for them to assume instinctively that any form of secrecy is bad.
After The Rev. James Connell pushed to require priests who hear about abuse during confession to report it, he's been banned from hearing confessions.