New Queensland law makes all adults responsible for reporting abuse
A NEW Queensland law requires priests to report to police any information about child sexual offences heard during confession. According ...
A NEW Queensland law requires priests to report to police any information about child sexual offences heard during confession. According ...
Sacrament questioned: "In the Sacrament of Penance, the relationship between priest and penitent is unlike any other ...
Confessional woes: A group of survivors of sexual abuse have defended the priestly seal of confession as ...
Expert response: “Removing the privilege associated with religious confession will set a dangerous precedent which may be relied on, in ...
Matter of faith: The Catholic Church in Queensland is facing the prospect of the State Government outlawing the seal of ...
Sacrament questioned: If a priest directly violated the seal – that is, directly identified a penitent and linked them to ...
Sacrament questioned: "In the Sacrament of Penance, the relationship between priest and penitent is unlike any other relationship, because the ...
Sacrosanct moment: Penitents wait in line to receive the sacrament of Penance. Clergy advocacy groups representing ...
Changes: Priests in Canberra could face criminal charges for maintaining the seal of confession in cases ...
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