AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail Australia
June 20, 2018
By Ekin Karasin
Charlie Pickering has criticised the Catholic Church for refusing to adhere to a new law requiring priests to report confessions of child sex abuse.
Adelaide’s acting Archbishop Greg O’Kelly said last week that confessionals are ‘sacred’ and this cannot be changed.
Charlie hit back at the controversial decision on his ABC show The Weekly on Wednesday, claiming the church was ‘protecting predators in God’s name’.
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