LONDON (ENGLAND)
The Tablet
Nov. 7, 2019
By Liz Dodd
The Catholic Church in England and Wales will reject any attempt to compel priests to break the seal of confession, Cardinal Vincent Nichols said today.
On his second day giving evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Cardinal Nichols said that priests would rather die than disclose details of a confession.
He agreed that there was a tension between the importance of mandatory reporting in abuse cases and confidentiality in confession.
Asked how this could be resolved he said: “The history of the Catholic Church has a number of people who have been put to death in defence of the seal of confession. It might come to that.”
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