California restaurant had fake priest hear workers’ confessions, Labor Department says
California restaurant had fake priest hear workers’ confessions, Labor Department says
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California restaurant had fake priest hear workers’ confessions, Labor Department says
According to an employee at the restaurant, the supposed priest urged employees to “get the sins out.”
Objectively, what is the difference between a "real priest" and a "fake priest?"
sanctioning by some governing religious authority. Like the Catholic church.
alternatively, this guy wasn't a cleric at all and only hired to pretend to be one. from the article it sounds like he was basically a paid actor.
You can send $65 to the Unitarians to get a card that entitles you to officiate weddings and administer rites. I did, and I have. Heck, for a beer I'll listen to your sins and suggest you a few more while I tell you it's OK not to stress about it.
How is that any different? Asking for my atheist friends.
And a poor one, at that. They get $2000 each – after lawyer fees? And back wages.
@FlakyFish69 what if they're protestant and have no religious authority? i'm guessing the "religious authority" would be "the will of the people"? idk, maybe if the restaurant employees they could command the Priest title onto this guy
I think in this case, it is because:
I'm an atheist -- but I think there's a real ethical difference between intellectually honest true believing priests, and charlatans/predators who are cynically taking advantage of the trust some people put in the position. And it seems like this article is talking about the latter.
The difference isn’t just that one is Some Guy and one is Some Guy Who Went To Seminary, the difference is that confessions are supposed to be kept confidential (between the person, their priest, and arguably God), not “confidential” (between the person and the priest, who then rats them out to the boss.)
Yeah, a real priest understands that he is expected to die rather than reveal anything he heard in confession, while this guy was passing everything along to the boss.
None, AFAIK.