Free ludwigm!

[_Bret Ripley]

I just referred this thread to Shades in the Moderator Forum.

Thanks Liz!

[_Dr. Shades]

This situation involves a number of behind-the-scenes exchanges with ludwigm, so I shouldn't post about it on the board itself.

PM me if you want an explanation.

I can't believe this is true. If it is, then I'm pretty disgusted with the management of this place.

I'm pretty disgusted with the people who are pretty disgusted with the management of this place, so I definitely feel your pain. You and I are one.

[_ludwigm]

PM is like Seal of the Confessional.

In a criminal matter, a priest may encourage the penitent to surrender to authorities. However, this is the extent of the leverage they wield. They may not directly or indirectly disclose the matter to civil authorities themselves. The doctrine of priest-penitent privilege is respected to varying degrees by the laws of different nations.

The priest–penitent privilege, also known as the clergy privilege, clergy–penitent privilege, confessional privilege, and ecclesiastical privilege, is an application of the principle of privileged communication that protects the contents of communications between a member of the clergy and a penitent, who shares information in confidence. It stems from the principle of confessional privilege.

In United States law, confessional privilege is a rule of evidence that forbids the inquiry into the content or even existence of certain communications between clergy and communicants.
It grows out of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the common law, and statutory enactments which may vary between jurisdictions.

John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký) (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is a national saint of the Czech Republic, who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods.

This is his picture. My beard is a little less wide.

[_Bret Ripley]

PM me if you want an explanation.

PM sent. Thanks in advance.

[_Morley]

This situation involves a number of behind-the-scenes exchanges with ludwigm, so I shouldn't post about it on the board itself.

PM me if you want an explanation.

I can't believe this is true. If it is, then I'm pretty disgusted with the management of this place.

I'm pretty disgusted with the people who are pretty disgusted with the management of this place, so I definitely feel your pain. You and I are one.

You're kidding me. Certainly this can be explained without quoting the PMs.

[_Morley]

PM is like Seal of the Confessional.

Ludwig, will you give Shades permission to quote your PMs?

[_ludwigm]

PM is like Seal of the Confessional.

Ludwig, will you give Shades permission to quote your PMs?

Yes. All of them.

[_Morley]

Ludwig, will you give Shades permission to quote your PMs?

Yes. All of them.

Bumping for an explanation.

[_Blixa]

Bumping

(this is so depressing)

[_just me]

Bumping

(this is so depressing)

Amen, sister.