Catholic Archbishop: Id Rather Go to Prison Than Report Child Abuse to Police (pizzagate)

submitted ago by new4now

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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Vindicator ago

@new4now, I'm giving this the "Accuracy in Question" flair. It's fake news. The archbishop was not endorsing pedophiles as the article claims. He was defending the Seal of Confession. Priests who break it are automatically excommunicated. They are required by virtue of all the vows they take to go to jail rather than break the silence of the Confessional.

new4now ago

Will try to check articles on my news feed on my phone more carefully

I had no idea