Worth pressing ahead with plans to legally require priests to break the seal of confession

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Worth pressing ahead with plans to legally require priests to break the seal of confession – FG

Fine Gael says it’s worth pressing ahead with plans to legally require priests to break the seal of confession if a person admits to paedophilia, despite the Vatican’s opposition.

According to newspaper reports this week, a Vatican spokesperson said Ireland can pass any laws it wants, but the Church will never force confessors to inform civil authorities.

If the Justice Minister Alan Shatter goes ahead with the law, it will make Ireland the only country in the West to have such legislation.

Speaking on the issue today, Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe says it’s worth going ahead with the plans, in the interests of protecting children. Read more at www.newstalk.ie

 

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