http://us24h.org/catholic-archbishop-id-rather-go-to-prison-than-report-child-abuse-to-police/
Australia’s most powerful clergy, Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart, says he’s prepared to be jailed for failing to report child sex abuse by pedophile priests.
He made the shocking statement in response to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse saying there should be “no excuse, protection nor privilege” for clergy who failed to alert police of abuse.
Hart insisted that sexual abuse was “a spiritual encounter with God through the priest” and was “of a higher order” than criminal law.
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GreenDell144 ago
God supports justice. There is no way to logically put the confession ritual over God’s own feelings and desire for justice. Imagine explaining that to God’s face. This is a false doctrine, IMO.