Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Australia: a campaign to break the confessional seal : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:
  • Politicians, pundits, and even a few dissenting Catholic clerics are calling upon Catholic priests to break the confessional seal in sex-abuse cases.
  • Attorney general Nicola Roxon said that a federal commission investigating sexual abuse would take up the question of whether priests should be required to disclose information from sacramental confessions. Prime Minister Julia Gillard also said that the commission should discuss the matter. But Senator Nick Xenophon, a persistent critic of the Catholic Church, was more candid, saying that the government’s recognition of the confessional seal is “a medieval law that needs to change.”
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Australia: a campaign to break the confessional seal : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

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