Australian archbishop in Rome to discuss legal challenge to confessional seal (Catholic Leader)

Australian archbishop in Rome to discuss legal challenge to confessional seal (Catholic Leader)

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Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane is in Rome this week for talks with Vatican officials, as the Australian hierarchy plans a response to a new law that requires priests in Victoria to report evidence of child-abuse, even if it is heard in a sacramental confession. The archbishop said that he would also speak with Vatican officials about the status of Cardinal George Pell, whose appeal of a sex-abuse conviction will be heard by Australia’s top court in March.

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