• erin (she/her)
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      92 months ago

      Is this true? I thought with things like danger to oneself or others they’re mandated reporters.

    • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      32 months ago

      That’s an interesting point. Maybe priests should have similar requirements, licensing, oversight, and malpractice liability.

      • @OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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        32 months ago

        More the point is that therapists don’t have the same obligations as doctors. Therapists can keep confidentiality of things that doctors aren’t allowed to. The guy i responded to was comparing priests to doctors, but a better comparison would be comparing them to therapists.

            • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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              32 months ago

              If you don’t mind my asking, which country are you in? Therapists are mandatory reporters for child abuse everywhere in Canada/USA.

              • @OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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                12 months ago

                I don’t mind you asking except that you are missing my point, which is that doctors have less patient confidentiality than therapists. I say this to contradict the original assertion that doctors report things, so priests should too, which is faulty logic. Comparing therapists to priests would be a better analogy in this context.

                • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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                  22 months ago

                  Ah I think that’s the disconnect. In my country they’re both mandatory reporters so the distinction seemed irrelevant to me.