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Australian priests could be forced to breach seal of the confessional - Telegraph
So the solution from the church is for priests to refuse confessionals to pedos.
Nice.
So the question here is should priests be relieved from reporting pedophilia to authorities which they discover during confession?
FWIW - Even doctors, under the seal of medical privacy, are required to report such.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday slammed the use of the confessional to avoid reporting abuse, saying it is a "sin of omission" and all adults have a duty to protect children.
She announced this week the launch of a Royal Commission to investigate offences involving religious and non-religious organisations and insisted it will examine not only abuse but the role of institutions in covering it up.
Though the commission's terms of reference are yet to be decided, Ms Gillard said on Wednesday she was concerned about adults "averting their eyes" from crimes against children.
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He said priests should avoid taking confessions from colleagues suspected of being paedophiles but that they cannot then report the crime to police.
"If that is done outside the confessional (it can be passed on)," he said.
"(But) the Seal of Confession is inviolable If the priest knows beforehand about such a situation, the priest should refuse to hear the confession." The strict secrecy of confessions is believed to be more than 1000 years old.
So the solution from the church is for priests to refuse confessionals to pedos.
Nice.
So the question here is should priests be relieved from reporting pedophilia to authorities which they discover during confession?
FWIW - Even doctors, under the seal of medical privacy, are required to report such.