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Originally Posted by Bazf
Whilst on the subject of how religion helps fanatics have we forgotten how the priests sheltered the IRA and made it hard for the troops to catch those involved plus taking a cut for the "church".
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Apologies for a bit of a thread wander here. I realise there were/are probably priests who sympathise(d) with the IRA cause but there is also the case of moral dilemma. If an IRA member confessed to a priest surely the priest would be bound by the confidentiality of the confessional? I've known this dilemma arise in other cases where people have broken the law and confessed to their priest. The confession is meant to be between man (woman) and God with the priest merely acting as a go-between isn't it?