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Defiant Cardinal George Pell says sex abuse royal commission will ‘separate fact from fiction’
CARDINAL George Pell says priests who hear confessions from colleagues who commit child sex abuse should remain bound by the Seal of Confession.
Addressing the media in Sydney in relation to the royal commission into child sex abuse, Cardinal Pell explained church protocol for priests who confess to child sex abuse to another priest.
“If that is done outside the confessional (it can be passed on),” he said.
“(But) the Seal of Confession is inviolable.”
He said priests should avoid hearing confession from colleagues suspected of committing child sex abuse to avoid being bound by the Seal of Confession.
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