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Utah hasn’t been successful in regulating an exception that allows clergy members to promise secrecy for anything they learn during confession, even suspected child abuse. But, a bill trying to give them the option to report as well as liability protection if they do now has the support of legislators and a lack of opposition […] ....
The state’s religious leaders did not offer any opposition during a public hearing for a bill that would allow clergy to report confessions of child abuse. The Utah House Judiciary Committee unanimously sent HB432 to the House floor. ....