Archbishop opposes Qld confession plan

A move to compel Queensland priests to report child sexual abuse offences disclosed during confessions would fail to make children safer, Brisbane's Catholic archbishop says. Mark Coleridge is opposing a state government plan to legislate against the sanctity of the confessional as an excuse, defence or privilege.

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