Headline: Christians told not to confess sex abuse secrets to Church of England clergy because they will tell the police
Highlights of text: Christians have been told not to confess sex abuse secrets to Church of England clergy because they will tell the police.
Guidance from the diocese of Canterbury says clergy must tell penitents that if their confession "raises a concern about the wellbeing or safeguarding", the priest will be "duty bound" to tell the "relevant agencies".
The issue was raised during the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse earlier this year, amid concerns that evidence of abuse could be kept from the authorities
A penitent "shared with a priest information about ongoing abuse. In this case, the legal and moral position of the priest was called into question," he said.
He [Mr Hills] insisted that the arrangement did not "abolish the seal of the confessional" but was "intended to advise the penitent not to divulge in confession something which would legally compromise the position of the priest".
TL;DR: the Anglican Church have abolished their seal of confession due to sex abuse issues, and have advised Christians to withhold confessing mortal sins to avoid jail (essentially)
Comment: This pretty much confirms that the CoE is just a state puppet at this point. While Anglican orders aren't actually apostolic/legitimate/etc. this is still pretty worrying. It makes one wonder if the UK government will try to convince other churches to follow suit, though I doubt the Church will ever give in to such pressure.
I had a thought The Anglicans is a state church, so there aren't true Christians in there. At the same time, it has christian in the name so people think that its a palace of sexist traditionalists
The whore-queen Elizabeth who paraded herself around as a "virgin", trying to convince the world that she was like The Blessed Virgin despite laying with every young man and diplomat she met made it a state church. Her father started the death of The Church in england, she finished it.
The Gates of Hell have once again prevailed againts a protestant church. First Sweden, now England. What a shock.
So the statement is true - he may be obligated under civil law to pass on the info, but forbidden by the law of God. Presumably in this case absolution would be withheld until the person did the appropriate action, as the only way out of this Gordian knot.
