What Happens In Confession…….????

Should Priests be obligated to tell police if something is said in confession that could lead to an arrest?

In May, the California state senate passed a bill to require the seal of confession to be broken if a priests learns of  sexual abuse while hearing the confession of a fellow priest or church worker.  Australia has passed a similar law.

In an official statement,  the Vatican says:

“(The Church) does not receive its legitimacy from individual States, but from God; it (breaking the seal) would also constitute a violation of religious freedom, legally fundamental to all other freedoms, including the freedom of conscience of individual citizens, both penitents and confessors.”

Read More:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-confession-abuse/vatican-says-states-cannot-force-priests-to-violate-seal-of-confession-idUSKCN1TW2AC