In recent months, the Australian Catholic Church has been in the spotlight, primarily due to news that the former Archbishop of Sydney and the pope’s current finance minister, Cardinal George Pell, will stand trial for “historical sexual offenses” amid continuing fallout from the Church’s clerical abuse crisis. As the Church attempts to change the narrative about its role in public life, Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane has been elected as the new head of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Serving as his vice-president will be Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney.
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/05/14/confessional-seal-not-linchpin-of-culture-of-secrecy-aussie-prelate-says/
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/05/14/confessional-seal-not-linchpin-of-culture-of-secrecy-aussie-prelate-says/