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OFFICE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES
& SOCIAL CONCERNS
 
Memo DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO
 
2110 Broadway  • Sacramento, California 95818 • 916/733-0200 • Fox 916/733--0215 
 
To:  Pastors, Parochial Vicars, Administrators, Deacons, School and Parish Staff

 
From:   John Watkins
Date:    June 10, 2019
Subject:  SB 360 Sunday: Keep the Seat of Confession

The State Legislature is considering a bill, SB 360, to regulate the Sacrament of Penance and force priests to break the Seal of Confession. In light of this proposed bill, Bishop Soto is encouraging all parishes from the Diocese of Sacramento to take action on the weekend of June 22-23 to oppose Senate Bill360.
 
We are encouraging parishes to do the following activities on the weekend of June 22-23: Make Bishop Soto's letter (attached)  available in the vestibule or parish bulletin, and distribute SB 360 letter to assembly member (attached) to be completed, signed and collected during the Mass (perhaps as a ''second collection").
 
Participating parishes will send the collected letters by June 28 to the Office of Catholic Charities & Social Concerns, 2110 Broadway, Sacramento 95818. These will then be mailed to the appropriate assembly member based on zip code.
 
Bulletin Announcement:
 
The State Legislature is considering a bill, SB 360, to regulate the Sacrament of Penance and force priests to break the Seal of Confession. In light of this proposed bill, Bishop Soto is encouraging all parishes from the Diocese of Sacramento to take action on the weekend of June 22-23 to oppose Senate Bill 360.
 
''The recent California state senate bill, SB 360, has been proposed as an aid to prevent child sexual abuse.  While this is an admirable aim, the bill misses the mark. Specifically, this bill attempts to do so by way of removing the legal protections surrounding the sacramental seal of confession, a legal protection which has been in place throughout the history of Church & State relations.
 
There is nothing intrinsic to this bill which creates a greater assurance or guarantees that future abuse will not happen. Instead, it mounts an assault on the fundamental liberties of Catholics in the state of California under the guise of greater protection. For this reason, all Catholics, religious people of any affiliation. and indeed all people of good will, should vigorously oppose SB 360" - Bishop Jaime Soto
 
For more information about SB 360 and to take action, visit www.scd.org/keeptheseal
 
Prayers of the Faithful:
 
For our state legislators in service to the common good, that through the gift of heavenly wisdom they may work to uphold religious freedom and conscience protection for all. Let us pray to the Lord.
 
For people faith  who fight to preserve religious liberty, may the Lord strengthen their resolve to hold firn in their witness. Let us pray to the Lord.
 
Respectfully,
 
John Watkins
Director, Catholic Charities & Social Concerns
Diocese of Sacramento

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