Abolishing the seal of confession in Western Australia will retraumatise abuse victims » MercatorNet

Abolishing the seal of confession in Western Australia will retraumatise abuse victims » MercatorNet: The Parliament of Western Australia last week passed the Community and Family Services Amendment Bill 2021. This mandates all religious ministers to report child sexual abuse even when it is revealed under the Catholic or Orthodox religious practice of the confession, a divine engagement which has been held sacrosanct for nigh on two millennia. “There […]