The Victorian government says it will introduce legislation that will force anyone told of child sexual abuse in confessional to be subject to mandatory reporting laws.
Any adult who forms a reasonable belief that a sexual offence has been committed by an adult against a child under 16 is obliged to report that information to police, failing to do so is a criminal offence However, religious confessions are currently exempt from the “failure to disclose” offence if information about the abuse is revealed under confession.
Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy said the legislation will also look to “take away the legal defence of the confessional as a reason as to why people ought not to report child sexual abuse”. “I’m hopeful that I will get that legislation into the parliament by the end of this year,” Ms Hennessy said.Members within the Church have recently come out saying they will not adhere to a change in the law requiring priests to report confessions of child sex abuse.
What an other brain fart by politicians who have now idea. How is it going to be policed,I believe in confession it’s the individual confessing and the priest no one else so who is telling the truth . Absolute wombats!!!!
Confessing to a priest is not scriptural
That won’t work going forward. People will then only confess a sanitised set of their sins being aware the ‘seal’ is broken.The result will be the worst sins remain hidden & the priest is not able to provide any guidance to the individual. I’m not sure if this is a better outcome
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