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Why the Seal of Confession cannot be compromised

October 25, 2022

The suggestion by IICSA that the Seal of Confession is violable misunderstands its essence, writes Fr Richard Whinder The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, has recommended a new law requiring anyone working with children to report allegations of sexual abuse to the police,

Canberra archbishop clashes with local government over seal of Confession

June 08, 2018

Archbishop Prowse criticised new mandatory reporting laws which include the sacrament of Confession

I’d rather go to jail than break the seal of confession

November 17, 2014

The state has the right to know many things, but it has no jurisdiction over matters of conscience

US diocese asks Supreme Court to reverse decision compelling priest to break confessional seal

September 05, 2014

Legal step is the latest in a case involving Father Jeffrey Bayhi

Priest could be jailed for refusing to break seal of Confession

July 11, 2014

Church is to appeal ruling by US state court that priest should be compelled to testify

The Irish government is going to make it a criminal offence for a priest not to tell the gardai when a sex offender confesses his crime: I say, bring it on

June 15, 2012

A few dozen Irish priests in jail will do the Church nothing but good

The Joanna Yeates trial and the Salvation Army chaplain who heard a confession of murder

October 12, 2011

The details of the case have been distressing: surely the jury can hear these in private?

Today’s Catholic must-reads: 27/07/11

July 27, 2011

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