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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Oct 24, 2014, 02:32 PM Oct 2014

Archbishop of York Calls For End To Confidentiality In Child Abuse Confessions

Religion News Service | By Trevor Grundy

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Anglican priests should no longer be bound by the centuries-old principle of confidentiality in confessions when they are told of sexual crimes committed against children, the Church of England’s No. 2 official said.

Speaking at the end of an internal inquiry on whether senior church officials ignored abuse allegations involving children, Archbishop of York John Sentamu said that “what happened was shameful, terrible, bad, bad, bad.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/archbishop-confidentiality-child-abuse_n_6041342.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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Archbishop of York Calls For End To Confidentiality In Child Abuse Confessions (Original Post) hrmjustin Oct 2014 OP

That's a mistake, for lots of reasons. rug Oct 2014 #1

I had similar thoughts. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #2

Penance is a part of absolution. rug Oct 2014 #3

Yes. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #4

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. That's a mistake, for lots of reasons.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 06:02 PM

Oct 2014

Child abuse is rarely discovered through the Sacrament of Confession.

This case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court:

http://www.lasc.org/opinions/2014/13C2879.pc.pdf