Posted on 09/11/2019 6:47:32 PM PDT by marshmallow
Priests and religious leaders face up to three years jail in Victoria if they don't report child physical and sexual abuse allegations, including misconduct disclosed during confession. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared no one was above the law after new legislation passed the state parliament on Tuesday night after getting the green light from the Legislative Assembly.
“There’s been some controversy in recent weeks and months about churches, particularly the Catholic Church, we believe this is exactly what needed to happen,” he told reporters on Wednesday. “The seal of the confessional, no one, no politician, no priest … has any reason, any right … to put their faith, or the laws of their church above the protection of kids. That's the most important thing.” “The most important thing is to send a message that the law is to be taken seriously,” he said.
The Catholic Church has insisted priests would be obliged to defy the laws, with Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli previously stating he was prepared to go to jail rather than break the confessional seal. Teachers, police and medical practitioners are already legally required to report child physical and sexual abuse allegations. Mr Andrews said the mandatory reporting bill aimed to send a message that children must be protected at any cost.
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What about abortionists? ‘cause right now they are coaching young girls to lie about the nature of their sexual relationship.
Puts the “quietus” on confessions, doesn’t it?
Dumbass people enact dumbass laws!
and so they did....
I believe East Germany had a similar program (or is it progrom?).
The term pogrom has multiple meanings, ascribed most often to the deliberate persecution of an ethnic or religious group either approved or condoned by the local authorities.
Sorry, Lawman. The church remains above the authority of the state in its primary function. Confession is fundamental to the exercise of the Christian church and must remain absolutely inviolate.
If the state has a case against an individual let them prove it through their own research, not by attempting to violate the laws of God and is people.
Conditional absolution confessor is required to report misdeed to authorities
I’m curious what would happen if the perp confessed to both his priest and his lawyer. One would go to jail for his silence, and one would not?
Does the same rule apply to doctors, psychiatrists and defense attorneys?
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