The Dialogue and the Democratic Coalition would relax priests' oath of secrecy regarding confession. The two parties submitted an amendment to the law, which would oblige the priests to pass on the information given during the confession to the authorities if the crime involves sexual harassment or pedophilia.

Tímea Szabó and Bence Tordai , the politicians of the Párbeszéd, Ágnes Vadai , a member of the DK, submitted a bill to oblige priests sworn to keep the secret of confession: to report the confessor who has committed sexual harassment or pedophilia and confesses it in the confessional . Therefore, I would like the obligation to report to be superseded by the secret of confession. Among other things, Tímeá Szabó's justification for their bill is that "in the churches, especially the Catholic Church, after many decades of silence, the pedophile acts committed by members of the church came to light only in the last few years, presumably with a very high latency".
As they write, "pedophile cases affect other churches as well, but in recent years most of these cases have come to light in the Catholic Church, which is why we single out this church in the justification of our amendment proposal." According to them, the special nature of churches and church persons - based on the cases that have come to light and their handling - makes the introduction of special regulations essential. They would like the confidentiality obligation not to extend to information about crimes against the freedom of sexual life and sexual morality committed to the detriment of a person under the age of eighteen. And according to the DK's proposal, the priest who keeps the confession secret could be jailed for 3 years if this kind of information comes to his attention.

It is not by chance that recently Fidesz and KDNP proposed that pedophilia be more strictly sanctioned. All such abuse and attacks against minors are unacceptable. These cases must be revealed and those persons who are found to be involved in such abuses must be locked away from young people, Catholic parish priest Zoltán Osztie told Vasarnap.hu. He added that it was clear and unambiguous, no one doubted it. At the same time, according to him, the discriminatory treatment of the case is unacceptable.

"I just don't understand why this particular political side pretends that the fate of minors is important to it, when it pushes gender ideology, and with terrible terror? he pointed out. As he put it, the gender theory is beaten through them by all means, and with this they themselves commit a serious crime against children and the younger generation, starting from kindergarten.

Father Ostie stated: "these politicians are criminals, because by spreading the gender theory, they create such a distorted image of man and force it through society, which is incompatible with the natural and the order of nature" .

"Abolishing the sanctity of the secret of confession is a kind of interference in the spiritual, supernatural service and power of the Catholic Church, which is definitely a manifestation of terror. Terror they employ. Whether they like it or not, people have an inner spiritual life - or an intimate sphere, perhaps they feel this term is more their own. Intruding into it by force is terrorism, that is, these political forces are terrorists, the father stated.

"If someone denies the existence of God, how can he comment on a religious expression of life, which cannot be interpreted without the existence and confession of a relationship with God?"

He added: “This is serious incitement against a significant, reliable section of society. It is similar to the attack that Péter Niedermüller made against Christians when he said that white, straight Christians are terrifying creatures. Klára Dobrev : we will not forget this!"

Comment from 2022plus: Do the concerned ladies and the gentleman(?) also demand the termination of lawyer confidentiality in the same way? Among those lawyers there are also those who defend pedophiles or even murderers. From here, it is only a small step before the good old Komcs pace has returned, i.e. the re-introduction of the reporting obligation.

Congratulations, Bolshevik saviors!

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(Cover photo: MTI/Attila Kovács)