France’s top bishop acknowledges that law takes precedence over confession secrecy
Paris, FranceReuters France’s top bishop said on Tuesday that the secrecy of the confession should not take precedence over French laws on sex crimes against children, reversing his previous position after he was summoned by interior minister Gerald Darmanin. Following publication of a damning report about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de […]
France rebukes bishop who said sex abuse revealed at confession would stay secret
Paris, FranceReuters France’s top bishop has been summoned by the interior minister after saying that the pact of secrecy would prevent a priest from reporting sex crimes against children that were revealed during Catholic confession. Following the publication of a report this week about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who […]
ESSAY: WHY ENDING THE SECRECY OF ‘CONFESSION’ IS SO CONTROVERSIAL FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
In an article first published on The Conversation, Mathew Schmalz, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in the US, looks at why the act of confession is so important in the Catholic Church…
Updated: Clergy should have to report child sexual abuse, even if information comes from confessional, Australian Royal Commission recommends
Clergy should have to report child sexual abuse even if the crime comes to light during confession, Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has recommended. The recommendation is one of 85 contained in the report, Criminal Justice, released on Monday. Writing in the report, the commission said that while they understood the […]