seal of confession – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:41:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Seal of confession issues often misunderstood https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/08/seal-of-confession-issues-often-misunderstood/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/08/seal-of-confession-issues-often-misunderstood/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:30:33 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=19150 A New Zealand canon lawyer has discussed, in a peer-reviewed book, the Church’s law on the seal of confession, with particular reference to sexual abuse of minors. Msgr Brendan Daly, judicial vicar for the Tribunal of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, had a paper published in Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions 2018  (Washington

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/08/seal-of-confession-issues-often-misunderstood/feed/ 1 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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