AUSTRALIA
Perth Now
By Rashida Yosufzai
From: AAP
November 13, 2012
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has become emotional telling parliament that he doesn’t understand how Catholic priests who admit to paedophilia in confession aren’t reported to police.
His remarks follow a press conference called by Cardinal George Pell in Sydney in response to the federal government’s announcement of a royal commission.
Australia’s most senior Catholic told reporters “the Seal of Confession is inviolable” even if a priest confesses to child sex abuse.
“I heard Cardinal Pell today indicate that the bonds of the confessional remain intact,” an emotional Mr O’Farrell told question time.
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