SOUTH AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA)
Australian Associated Press
June 15, 2018
* South Australian Catholic Church will refuse to report child abuse confessions
* Acting Archbishop of Adelaide Greg O’Kelly says confessional is sacred
* The new law will mean not reporting abuse will carry a maximum $10,000
The Catholic Church has says it will refuse report confessions of child sex abuse despite a law that requires priests to do so, defending the practice as ‘sacred.’
The South Australian Catholic Church will not adhere to a change in law requiring priests to report confessions of child sex abuse, the Acting Archbishop of Adelaide says.
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