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all right we'll hold them roll open and
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we'll go to your next bill which is SB
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360 because your SB 2 to 1 is
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unconsented thank you madam sure I just
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wanted to reflect for one second on SB
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221 being on consent it is a first for
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me in this committee ever to have a bill
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on consent so we just love to keep
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people take a moment on that never want
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to have people assume like to - the
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expectations go ahead senator we'll move
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to SB 360 SB 360 he asked us to pull it
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from SB 360 requires clergy to report
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suspected child abuse or neglect even if
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they acquire the knowledge or suspicion
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during a penitential communication
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clergy are are already mandated child
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abuse and neglect reporters in
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California this bill would level the
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playing field by holding them to the
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same standard as the other 45 mandated
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reporters listed in statute as mandated
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child abuse and neglect reporters
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doctors psychiatrists therapists and
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others have to break client privilege
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and report suspected child abuse and
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neglect without exception but under
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existing law clergy can lawfully ignore
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suspected child abuse and neglect if
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they acquire the knowledge during a
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conversation that is intended to be
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confidential child abuse is clearly
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still a pressing issue in faith
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institutions last Thursday a priest was
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arrested in the Bay Area on suspicion of
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30 counts of child sex abuse in 2016 and
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2017 and on Friday
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Pope Francis issued a decree making it
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mandatory for Vatican Vatican City
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officials to immediately report abuse
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allegations the first of its kind in the
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Catholic Church California would not be
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trailblazing with this measure
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Connecticut Indiana Mississippi Nebraska
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New Hampshire New Jersey North Carolina
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Oklahoma Rhode Island Tennessee Texas
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and West Virginia
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already have similar statutes they
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operate under the same
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Constitution and the same Bill of Rights
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that we do and we have found no legal
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challenges to these statutes in those
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states it is time for California to put
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children first
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I do have witnesses madam chair thank
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you Thank You senator Hill do we have
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witnesses in support hi my name is
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Cameron Torrez I'm an abuse survivor and
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it uh it all started with my mother she
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was born and raised in San Francisco
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into an abusive family background and in
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her early 20s she was recruited into the
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Jehovah's Witnesses and at this around
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the same time that she became pregnant
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with me they convinced her that Satan
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the devil controlled the entire world
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including her family so she ran away
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with me where I was born and raised in a
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small town with nothing but Joe was
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witnesses and you know naturally I I was
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raised in a god-fearing family so I
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loved her and I wanted to do what was
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right in God's eyes had a really early
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age around six I was taken advantage of
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by a man in the congregation he was
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really really close to the family so
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they trusted him but my mother suspected
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something was up something was wrong so
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she asked me and then went to the elders
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let me confirm that they told her it's
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in God's hands now don't speak about it
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we'll look into it and we'll do
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something about it and they didn't want
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us to talk about it for fear of against
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Satan the devil trying to attack the one
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true religion so nothing happened and a
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few years later it happened again with a
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different man and they said the same
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thing don't speak about it it's in God's
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hands and they'll take care of it so
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these two men I had to grow up with
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staring at as abusers and they're still
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loose in their congregations to this day
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with higher positions and they're
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surrounded by children all the time so I
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was up until about
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two years ago then I realized that I had
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been lied to my entire life I found out
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that I grew up in a cult and that they
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were hiding thousands of sex abuse cases
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this this is a public safety issue for
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all religions governments businesses
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clergy penance and privilege has been
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around for the last hundred plus years
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this will cost the state less money for
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having to rehabilitate people who turn
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to drugs and alcohol and other uses when
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they don't have an outlet has to be 360
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aims to end this Clinton Virgie
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privilege and have mandatory reporting
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and I think it's time that the universe
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is telling us to protect our children
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thank you other witnesses in support you
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Maddie Hyatt from the game you stay at
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the table you may stay at the table go
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ahead you you can speak at the mic
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apologies so I was speaking to the other
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witness all right yeah Maddie hired from
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California Civil Liberties advocacy I
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just wanted to quickly state that we
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follow the no harm principle we don't
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feel the state has any right to regulate
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thought or belief but when people act on
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those beliefs and their conduct over
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steps other people's rights we feel that
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the First Amendment rights of one see
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swear another neighbors Fourteenth
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Amendment rights begin that's the no
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harm principle and that's why we support
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this bill as a civil liberties issue
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it's here in support okay Marisa
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Gonzalez with the National Association
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of Social Workers and we are in strong
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support of this thank you on behalf of
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my aunts Linda and Dorland I strongly
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support this bill thank you my name is
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Candace Conti I'm an abuse survivor and
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I strongly support SB 360 I'm Kathleen
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Conte I'm an abuse survivor and I
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strongly endorse SB 360
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my name is stuff
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cars I am an abuse survivor within a
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religious organization I am in strong
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support of SB 360 my name is Alexandra
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Topal I'm the daughter of my mother
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Stephanie my stepdad Brian both abuses
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sorry
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both abused in the religious I'm in
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support of SB 360 my name is star Paul I
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am an abuse survivor inside the Joe's
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witnesses I strongly support this bill
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my name is Jolene Rivera I'm a child
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abuse survivor sorry and I'm in strong
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support of SB 3 6 my name is sister
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Sophia I'm in strong support of SB 360
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my name is tara james and my mother was
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raised in the Jehovah Witness church and
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I'm in strong support of 360 the world
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needs to change guys it changes with
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this Edward James stand in strong
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support
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Allison Hopkins Mother Abbess of Sister
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of the Valley Sacramento and strong
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support brother David sisters of the
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valley in strong support of this bill
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I'm sister Kate Mother Abbess of the
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Merced sisters of Ally convent and I
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have a number of sisters with us who
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have suffered this and we're so glad
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you're taking a nine and we're in
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support of SB 360 my name is Lena
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Samuelson
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I'm with the sisters of the valley and
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I'm in strong support
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my name is Megan Griffin I am Bay sexual
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abuse survivor and I'm in strong support
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of this bill
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good morning madam my name is David
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Alvarez I'm a representative First
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Nations of California Hockey Association
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and I support this bill
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as being 360 because I think it's a long
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time coming we know as First Nation
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people what it is to be abused and how
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children have been abused from the very
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beginning we all know not strangers so
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what happened to the American Indian
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people and I see it continuously
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happening I'm honored that that was
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asked to come down here and I was
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invited to to speak in behalf of this
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it's been far too long this abuse had
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been going on these laws that protect
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these users oh all my relations thank
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you my name is James Sanchez and I'm in
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strong support my name is Karen Bentley
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I was raised in a religious institution
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I've seen many people who have not had
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their abuse reported to lawmakers it's
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kept inside the congregation I've seen
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it in many different religions I've been
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part of the Antioch school district I've
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worked with children who have been
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abused by teachers I've seen it the
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effects that it's had on children for
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years I have friends outside of the
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organization who are abused as children
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that have turned to prostitution drugs
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I've seen the damage that's done to
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children how hard it is for them to
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survive the cost it has made to society
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I've seen this statistics where only 30
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percent 20 percent is reported there are
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many more that are not reported it's
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affected Society for a long time I am
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currently the secretary treasurer of
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scars we started an organization to stop
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child abuse advocates for reform and
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safety we we thought the only way to
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change society and help society would be
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to change laws
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and change culture the way people think
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about it we want children to be happy
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and free to go reported and to be
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congratulated and honored in reporting
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it so they will have pride and not have
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to hide we want them to wrap at about
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themselves we want them to move on with
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their life I'm in strong support of this
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bill thank you I'm Roger Bentley
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vice-president of scarce and we've
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chosen to be the voice of those that
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don't have a voice the two-year-olds the
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three-year-olds twelve years olds
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they're the most vulnerable and the most
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innocent and I think you can see from
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this group that that voice is being
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heard so scars is in strong support of
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SB 360 thank you my name is Mary Hyatt I
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was her sexually harassed by an elder
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this is my first time speaking in public
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and it's scary and I support 360 bill
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thank you before I ask for the witnesses
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in opposition I want to thank the
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survivors very very much for speaking
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and I want to just applaud your courage
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it is very difficult and I think we all
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know that abuse of children happens
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because either the child is in a setting
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where they feel they cannot tell or
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their or they do tell and it's never
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revealed it allows the abuse to go on so
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we applaud your courage and I was I am
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an abuse survivor years of abuse I did
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not I was not able to speak about it
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publicly until about six years ago so it
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is very very difficult and I really
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applaud you and now we will take the
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witnesses in opposition
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Navan chair and madam chair and members
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of the committee good morning my name is
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Kevin Snyder with Pacific Justice
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Institute a Center for Public Policy
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where I serve as chief counsel in my
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capacity as an attorney much of my
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practice is focused on advising
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religious institutions in their clergy
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the bill before you seeks to impose
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criminal penalties of six months in jail
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on a member of the clergy for refusing
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to break the seal of confession private
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religious counsel typically refer to as
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confession is a millennia old religious
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practice it is common knowledge that the
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practice is the sacraments of the
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Catholic Church but is also part of
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religious practices of the Eastern
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Orthodox Church in the Protestant
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Reformed tradition it is found in the
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Lutheran Episcopal in Presbyterian
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churches other churches also have
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confession as part of their religious
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practices such as the American Baptist
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Methodists latter-day saints in Church
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of Scientology anecdotally in providing
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legal counsel to pastors I would
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estimate that half of evangelical
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fundamentalist in Pentecostal churches
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maintain strict confidences such that
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they will not report confession of
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crimes nor will they testify in court if
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subpoenaed by removing the clergy
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penitent privilege such requires clergy
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to sail between the scylla and charybdis
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they must choose between criminal
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liability or spiritual peril failure to
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immediately bring in the police
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subjects ministers to prosecution in
14:56
jail but disclosing violates religious
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practices in a sacred trust the Bill of
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Rights in our Constitution is a secular
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Decalogue if you will it is a list of
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do's and don'ts directed at the
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government passage of the bill before
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you would break the first Clause of the
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first commandment if you will the
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religion Clause provides that no
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can be passed that prohibits the free
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exercise of religion placing clergy in a
15:25
position such that they will be gored by
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one or the other of two horns of a
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dilemma is precisely with the First
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Amendment forbids just as Congress
15:34
rightly exempted clergy from the
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military draft so - this body should
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have the prudence
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- not conscripted ministers into the
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ranks of law enforcement they're well
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over 40 categories of individuals that
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have been placed at the service of the
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state in relation to reporting
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suspicions of child abuse and neglect
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the church should not be used as a tool
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of the state madam chairman thank you
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for your deliberation on this matter and
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for your service to the community and I
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urge the members to vote nay
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thank you do we have other witnesses in
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opposition yes please proceed thank you
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madam chairman my name is Andrew Rivas
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and I'm the executive director of the
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California Catholic Conference and I am
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here to express the bishops opposition
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to the bill
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and offer myself as a as a person to
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talk to as to why we would be opposed to
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the bill and let me first start by
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saying it is a self-defeating bill and
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that's one of the reasons why we oppose
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it any other witnesses in opposition
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all right questions or comments from yes
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senator Jackson yes to the attorney
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who's here as I had mentioned earlier
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with respect to the Second Amendment we
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have no amendments that are unrestricted
17:04
and unqualified and certainly the First
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Amendment in terms of freedom of
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religion we do have laws prohibiting
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bigamy and those are contrary to certain
17:17
certain religious groups so there is no
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amendment that is without some
17:22
restriction and I'm sure you are aware
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that the the fact of the matter is that
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we have had a plague an epidemic of
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excuses and claims of religion which
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have allowed pedophiles and abusers to
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exist in this country in this world
17:52
unfettered for far too long and the
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notion that talking about at the service
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of the state I would submit that it is
18:04
immoral and against God's will for
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people to abuse children and I think it
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is the responsibility of the state to do
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everything it can to make sure that does
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not continue I think we would be remiss
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in our responsibilities to accept any
18:20
claim that religion and man-made
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religion supersedes the protections that
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we all children in particular in our
18:31
society so I would suggest that your
18:34
First Amendment argument is outdated as
18:39
was mentioned there are many other
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states where this has taken place
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without repercussion that the state the
18:46
people do have the right to limit
18:49
certain practices that are believed to
18:50
be inappropriate immoral and certainly
18:55
to give a pass because someone goes in
18:58
and confesses behavior that is offensive
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to mankind and probably to God but I'll
19:04
let God make that decision I don't
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pretend to know whether whether this is
19:15
something that would be acceptable but I
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suspect given the notion of good and
19:21
evil and God being good and the devil
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being evil that if we were going to have
19:27
that religious discussion that's where I
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think we would land on God's side on the
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side of good but we are a we are a
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society we are governed by laws we are
19:38
governed by what we believe to be what
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is morally correct and what is in the
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best interests of our communities and
19:45
society
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and I would submit having accepting and
19:50
condoning allowing this kind of behavior
19:53
to continue on a claim of religious
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freedom I think is anathema to
19:58
everything we hold dear and I hope it is
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anathema to everything at home we hold
20:03
dear so First Amendment are not
20:05
unlimited Second Amendment not unlimited
20:08
we are a society of human beings and we
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try to protect ourselves and each other
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as best we can so I want to thank you
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for bringing this bill and I want to
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thank the witnesses for coming for it
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I'm sure this was not an easy thing to
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do but this has got to stop and with
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that I would move the bill thank you we
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have a motion senator more luck
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thank you madam mr. Snyder I just want
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to say that we've exempted penitential
20:37
communication when it was first
20:39
addressed back in 97 but we still have
20:43
failures so what is what is your what is
20:46
your recommendation because I I
20:49
appreciate your argument but I also
20:53
appreciate what was just stated you know
20:56
we've where do we find the balance that
20:59
we stop certain activities in organized
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religion
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well the penitent clergy privilege is
21:08
very narrow it's when someone goes to a
21:12
minister in private for penitential
21:15
purposes and communicates and confesses
21:17
that it is not dealing with
21:20
ecclesiastical boards for example when a
21:22
priest goes before a unil of his own
21:27
denomination that that group is not
21:31
covered by the penitent clergy penance
21:33
and privilege and so and so that I
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believe that there are already most
21:42
circumstances are covered by this and so
21:45
the but the and so I don't believe
21:49
broadening that into areas that are a
21:53
sacrament of the church I think that is
21:56
anathema that is a there's a
21:59
a problem in the in the notion that the
22:02
First Amendment is outdated is is this
22:04
is is a troubling a troubling statement
22:08
coming from this body well excuse me if
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I'm a nobody said the First Amendment is
22:12
outdated we said it is not unlimited and
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you as an attorney I am sure know that
22:17
very well so please do not miss
22:19
construed statements
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thank you madam sure mr. Weaver's any
22:26
comments yeah the first comment I would
22:30
make is I was surprised by mr. Hill
22:33
senator Hills press statement listing
22:36
all the states as the former Catholic
22:40
Conference director for the state of
22:41
Texas I didn't know of any place where
22:44
any state were the penitential
22:46
communication right wasn't protected and
22:48
and speaking to the other directors I
22:51
was told that they are still protected
22:52
to this day the only state that I know
22:55
of that doesn't have the protection is
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Texas it never has but it's my
23:00
understanding at least the time that I
23:02
lived in Texas the the that penitential
23:05
communications were honored and
23:08
respected the other thing I would
23:11
respond with in in terms of how the
23:13
penitential protection works is by its
23:17
very nature people are attracted to the
23:22
religious leaders their priests their
23:26
ministers their rabbis out of a feeling
23:30
of trust and in sharing their their
23:35
failures with those folks the intent is
23:39
to have a better relationship with God
23:42
if this bill were to pass and a priest
23:47
were to report something like this to
23:52
authorities I don't think anyone would
23:55
then use the penitential communication
23:57
to share their feelings any longer it
24:00
would be gone and that's it I should
24:02
also point out within the Catholic
24:04
structure even if this bill were to pass
24:08
priests would not be able to come
24:10
forward and reveal what was
24:13
in the penitential communication under
24:15
the threat under the rules of canon law
24:18
which would excommunicate the priests
24:20
automatically thank you manager thank
24:26
you other comments or questions on part
24:29
of my colleagues um I have a few I
24:38
referenced that the silence is what has
24:44
allowed children to continue to be
24:46
abused but I really should not have used
24:48
children alone it is has allowed anyone
24:53
adults children any age to continue to
24:57
be abused and we see that in powerful
25:00
institutions that unfortunately not all
25:04
but many are I don't want to say
25:07
necessarily design such but within those
25:12
powerful institutions if there are
25:14
abusers that the entities protect
25:17
themselves so we see it again and again
25:20
and again whether it was in the
25:22
entertainment industry or different
25:25
faith-based groups or Scouts
25:29
organizations or so many thinks
25:31
employers workplaces where until we have
25:36
had laws to make it safe for people
25:40
affected to report without retaliation
25:43
and without consequence
25:46
you know minimal consequence to
25:48
themselves that these the silence
25:50
continues the abuse and we see it again
25:54
and again and again in any number of
25:56
institutions and we've taken many many
25:58
actions whether it's changing workplace
26:00
rules or a whole host of other laws in
26:05
order to protect abusers and to make it
26:08
as safe as possible for them to come
26:10
forward what this bill does is put the
26:16
religious folks on the level playing
26:17
field with all other mandatory reporters
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which i think is absolutely appropriate
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at this time given what we know about
26:24
the prep
26:26
of abuse within these religious settings
26:29
and that for us not to would be putting
26:33
our head in the sand so I support the
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bill and appreciate senator Hill that
26:43
you brought it back and unless there's
26:48
any other comments or questions and the
26:51
last thing I would say to those of you
26:54
who have spoken maybe for the first time
26:55
it does get easier to speak about it but
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it never the experiences that you
27:04
experience they never go away
27:06
you don't forget but it does get easier
27:08
to speak about it and it's healing
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may we have a roll call close madam
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chair yes sorry I just wanted to make it
27:18
highlight a few points and thank you for
27:19
your comments and Senator Jackson thank
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you for yours
27:22
and I want to thank the witnesses who
27:24
are here under great I'm sure pain today
27:28
it did not go unnoticed one or is it
27:32
unvalued by by your comments you
27:36
instantly made the comment about
27:38
head-in-the-sand
27:39
madam chair and I think one of the
27:41
witnesses and opposition stated that the
27:43
you know a person going to the church or
27:46
going into a confessional or having that
27:48
communication now won't be able to do
27:50
that but I think where the head in the
27:52
sand is is this also would apply to
27:54
clergy and clergy communication or
27:57
knowledge of so when a member of the
28:01
clergy knows that another clergy or
28:03
hears of or sees or hears something they
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will have to report that in the future
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and I think that's where one of the
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problems is and and related to Texas
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actually on the the Catholic Diocese
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website it clearly states that Texas law
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does not about does not respect the
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confidentiality of the penitence the
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penitential communications so there's
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it's very clear there and it seems to be
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working and as Senator Jackson so ably
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comment and no freedoms are absolute
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freedom of speech but you as we know you
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can't yell fire in a crowded theater we
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have freedom of religion and the ability
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to exercise and practice that religion
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but as we know polygamy
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from the Church of Jesus Christ of
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latter-day Saint the Saints is not legal
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and just a couple of years ago in this
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building we passed a mandatory
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vaccination law that eliminated
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exemptions religious exemptions from
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your religion because the greater harm
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caused by the exercise and a practice of
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a religion should should be considered
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and that's exactly what we're doing
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today I respectfully ask your aye vote
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members and thank you Thank You senator
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Hill and before the roll call
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apologies for indulging me committee
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members but the other comment I was
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going to make is that I guess it
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shouldn't surprise us but one of the
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things that I have been kind of
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astounded at maybe astounded it's too
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strong of a word but in our since our
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passage of SB 1420 one which allowed for
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the first time certain records around
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investigations of police misconduct
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certain only very specific incidents the
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the the at least within covered by the
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press the predominant records that ended
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up being released are records related to
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law enforcement subu sup their power
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towards an in sexual assault and sexual
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abuse circumstances and so it's just
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another example of powerful institutions
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that by by us not having full
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transparency it can perpetuate now
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certainly we know that all just all
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religious people do not engage in this
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level of abuse all law enforcement do
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not you know it is a minority but the
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more that it's covered up then the more
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it can continue so senator Morlock thank
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you madam chair I I want to be careful
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that we resolve something
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that needs to be corrected but I'm also
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a little nervous as a representative
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taxpayers that we find ourselves in
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litigation over over this bill should
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passed we had one a few years ago where
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we said abortion clinics neat I mean a
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pro-life or proclaims need to have a
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sign and that went all the way to the
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state's a US Supreme Court and lost I
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want to be careful about the expenditure
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of funds I'm not a lawyer but I'm I'm
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just sensing that we may be stepping
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into an area that is a righteous cause
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but may have an expensive disappointment
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after a few years so I'll I'll be laying
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off on this bill today madam chair madam
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chair may I respond is the chair of the
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Senate Judiciary Committee very briefly
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very briefly there are times when the
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courts are the avenue we need to pursue
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and if it's to protect the innocent
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people from abuse and if it's to
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challenge a practice that has so-called
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protections under religious belief
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exemptions I think it's probably an
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appropriate place for the United States
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Supreme Court ultimately to make
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decisions about just the extent to which
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we are going to allow the claims of
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religious belief supersede the
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protections of people and the public
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welfare so that might be an interesting
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issue should it get to the court and
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perhaps appropriately so perhaps it
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isn't for us to make that decision as to
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whether the Constitution should be
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extended as far as the First Amendment
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goes to allow pedophiles to be able to
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continue their pedophilia if they seek
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if they seek if they seek absolution
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from their church and that might be a
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very interesting case I suspect the
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court will come down so protecting the
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public but sometimes we should be
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welcoming of the opportunity for the
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judiciary to exercise its
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responsibilities under the Khan
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and appreciate your concerns all right
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we've had to close without further
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discussion will have a role call motion
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is due pass to appropriations Skinner I
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inner I Morlock Bradford Jackson aye
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Jackson aye Mitchell Mitchell aye
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Morrell Weiner we will hold the roll
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open until my absent members are able to
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return but I greatly appreciate your
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participation your testimony and Thank
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You senator Hill Thank You members
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colleagues all right so we will now go
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to item 7 SB 2 2 for Senator Grove
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pardon me
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senator Grove who may