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I don't think I trust anyone with my most sacred secrets, 'cept God.

I don't think I would. I say this, in that although I might feel comfortable speaking to this person, I'd have to ask myself how well I really knew this person. But also, how comfortable would I feel seeing this person, knowing they knew every facet of my life or feelings about things? After all, they are only human beings, and they have their flaws also...and who truly knows what their flaws are! Perhaps I have saw too many examples of clergy violating their congregation's trust. Any time someone lays it all out before someone else, they leave themselves vulnerable to that person judging them on one level or another, and they having the ability to manipulate them. You hear of this sort of thing all the time, especially with women who are at a vulnerable point in their life.

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Well said Shootah,i agree.

Yes, but I still wouldn't tell him about it.

Yes i would, my pastor is not one to kiss and telling fact we met once a week for about 2 hours to discuss what's going on in my life, it's a great feeling knowing you have a confidant as well as a friend i can talk too..

Yes, if it was something, I could not handle myself.

I could with a preist

Yes, though I don't go to church anymore if I needed to confide in someone, I would certainly trust the clergy

I have to say I am indeed a Christian, but no indeed I would not trust anyone clergy or otherswise to tell any secrets or very private matters to now days.

Look if you want to keep a  true secret  KEEP IT TO YOUR SELF  only way for sure

No!!I tell my deepesst darkest secrets to my dog.He doesnt judge or gossip

I would not trust the clergy with my dog!

no.

What would be the point? There is nothing he can do about it.

NO ! take it to the grave with you

yes

Yes.

Yes I would with my pastor, but that don't mean I would with any pastor.

nope.......but I trust in God , no one else gets my secrets

No way, biggest mob of busy bodies ever put on earth and about as trustworthy as a politician.

If they really are sacred then, NO,  clergy are only human and flawed like I am. If they really are sacred then it's not worth the risk of exposure, even internally within the church, or of  judgementalism and  politics, religious and otherwise.

I realize this may not pertain to any of you, but it may to those who read this (our members who rarely chime in or are just looking at the site) In America if you share certain things with a pastor, rabbi, priest, etc. thay Have to report it or they are considered an accessory to the crime.  The killing of someone (not for the armed services who were fighting), Having a plan to kill some one, most forms of child abuse and neglect, and other crimes.  

We had a priest here in the USA whose confessor told him he had just killed a woman (girlfirend, wife, someone close to him).  The priest discretely asked the man questions..her name, the town she lived in, etc.  Where he was headed (I believe the man shared his full name too).  When the man had left the confessional the priest called the police- sure enough they found her body, found the confessor and arrested him.  The priest was not required to testify...and got some flack, but he said he felt the need to follow the law and felt strongly that it was the right thing to do.

There is only one person you can trust with your secret, apart from God, is yourself, If I want to talk about it, ,,,,,,, Ill trust my cats, and Teddy Bear.

My rule of thumbs is not to trust no one,not a clergy or priest or pastor or best of friend,not anyone but yourself,and sometime you can't trust yourself let alone anyone else.Beside if he or she is sacred then they would already know your secret.

we are akaqa clergy, what are your secrets sacred and no so sacred?

Not on my life. 

I wouldn't trust clergy with my bible (if i had one) so i guess the answer is NO.

I would advise not. They are merely men/women, and prone to the same feelings as any one of us. Have a talk with God, he is the best confessor, and you will find that the answers also come from him, via you, your subconscious mind. Not a great believer in the sanctity of the confessional, and even friends get maudlin, or talkative, and sometimes bitter. But a talk on say a subject that is not linked to yourself if you need guidance from a religious perspective, then do so.