Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Fri, 31 Aug 2018 02:10:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Australian bishops, religious say they can’t violate seal of confession https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/31/australian-bishops-religious-say-they-cant-violate-seal-of-confession/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/31/australian-bishops-religious-say-they-cant-violate-seal-of-confession/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2018 02:10:34 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=18453 SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) — Australia’s Catholic bishops and religious orders, responding to recommendations from the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, accepted 98 percent of its suggestions, but said they could not accept recommendations that would violate the seal of confession. “We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/31/australian-bishops-religious-say-they-cant-violate-seal-of-confession/feed/ 1 Call for abuse cases to be dealt with regionally https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/04/06/call-for-abuse-cases-to-be-dealt-with-regionally/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/04/06/call-for-abuse-cases-to-be-dealt-with-regionally/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:45:44 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14836 A New Zealand Catholic Church official has suggested that priests accused of sex abuse would be better dealt with regionally, rather than their cases being referred to Rome. Bill Kilgallon, the national director of the National Office for Professional Standards in New Zealand, was one of several members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to appear before a hearing of

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