The Australian Anglican Church has put the interests of children and victims of crime ahead
of tradition and doctrine. Priests who hear confessions about serious
criminal offences, including child abuse, will no longer be required to
keep the confession confidential.
At the tri-annual sitting of General Synod – the church’s “parliament” - Anglican Church leaders debated the church’s response to the Royal Commission into the Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse. A particular thorny issue for the church is the confessional seal. Under church law, priests who heard private ritual confessions of sins were required to keep all confessions confidential, regardless of the nature of the confession.
https://theconversation.com/anglican-shift-on-confessions-puts-abuse-victims-interests-first-28805
At the tri-annual sitting of General Synod – the church’s “parliament” - Anglican Church leaders debated the church’s response to the Royal Commission into the Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse. A particular thorny issue for the church is the confessional seal. Under church law, priests who heard private ritual confessions of sins were required to keep all confessions confidential, regardless of the nature of the confession.
https://theconversation.com/anglican-shift-on-confessions-puts-abuse-victims-interests-first-28805
