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...fact, it's all true, and the story playing out this week in New York raises some fundamental questions: What are a priest's responsibilities in such a case? What does it mean to be a member of good standing in your profession, versus what it takes to be a good citizen? And, maybe most important, what would...
...After more than a decade of silence, and following the 1997 death of Jesus Fornes, the priest and the public defender who?d heard Fornes? admission both come forward to testify in Morales? defense. Tuesday, Jose Morales was freed from prison; he?d served more than thirteen years of his sentence...
...Which leaves us with questions: Why was the court so quick to dismiss testimony about Fornes? involvement - which might have established reasonable doubt of Morales and Montalvo?s guilt? Why did the public defender take so long to come forward? And, perhaps most baffling, why did the Catholic priest go public...
...taken place? It can be difficult, says Beal. "Unlike some of the other sacraments in the Catholic Church, confessional is fairly unstructured," he explains. "It?s not always clear where the line is between pastoral counseling and spiritual direction and sacramental absolution. It?s up to the individual priest...
...course, Father Towle didn?t obey either principle - religious or moral. He waited ten years, until after Fornes died, to come forward with his information. If he did receive confession from Fornes, Towles could be excommunicated. If he didn?t, the priest simply exposed his own questionable character...