Damned Catoholics!!

[Aractus]

Please don't get me started Daniel. Priest are NOT obliged to pass-on information heard in the confessional..that is what makes Mr Abbot, Mr Pyne and Mr O'Farrell's calls for the confessional to be broken that more poignant.

Um, yes they are. Link.

NT - any person with reasonable ground to believe abuse has taken place.
NSW - almost certainly applies to Catholic priests.
ACT - I would argue that it applies to Catholic priests here in the ACT.

The only state that makes an explicit exception for matters of confession is SA. Mandatory reporting is ... mandatory. The way the law is, if you are a person who is obligated by "mandatory reporting", it doesn't even matter if you're not engaged in the activity which corresponds to making you obligated you still have to report. For instance, a teacher has to report, even if they become aware of abuse occurring outside of their school.

[KichigaiNeko]

Umm no they are not according to Archbishop of Sydney George Pell

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That might be for anglican priests (who have never followed it- from personal experience)

[Aractus]

ROFL @ "they are not according to Archbishop of Sydney George Pell". Well I guess Pell believes they're above the law.

The RCC is the only denomination that practises confession. It's based on a completely wrong understanding of James 5 (from which the RCC also derives extreme unction).

[Kousbroek]

The RCC is the only denomination that practises confession. It's based on a completely wrong understanding of James 5 (from which the RCC also derives extreme unction).

According to ... ?

Don't you just love it when religions are battling each other about who is right.

[Aractus]

The RCC is also the only denomination that ascribes Holy Inspired Infallible Scripture status to the Latin Vulgate.

[KichigaiNeko]

Not really mate. I am thinking the Church of England (Anglican) has the same tenets?

[Aractus]

Well ours are all based on the Bible, and not on the Vulgate. LOL

[KichigaiNeko]

[Waratah]

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