Henry Garnet, S.J., the sacrament of confession . . . and Louisiana

This piece, "Uncle Same Eavesdropping Outside the Confessional," by Aaron Taylor, at First Things, is well worth a read.  Discussing a current controversy in Louisiana, Taylor explains why "[c]ompelling Catholic priests to violate the confessional is not only bad for the Catholic Church, but bad for America."  And . . . he gets to invoke Fr. Henry Garnet's martyrdom along the way.