God's Law v. Man's Law

 The two most perfectly written texts are the Holy Bible, and the U.S. Constitution, it is in the application of them that they become prostituted. Clergy should be held to the same standard as doctors. Doctors, either the head kind or the body kind, must report to investigating authorities if someone confesses having committed a crime. Same with a lawyer client privilege. All laws, God's and man's included, have exceptions to them. Clergy shouldn't be exempt from that.

That being said, the bar for bringing charges from clergy should be higher than other laws. How can a priest, who is sworn to uphold the cannons of Almighty God, Jesus Christ, and the church, sit back and permit a child to be abused in violation of both man's law, and God's law. Both the laws have mercy as a foundational means to justice as an end. There needs to be equitability in the clergy parishioner privilege, along the same as an attorney client privilege.