umbertino Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Australian royal commission publishes 21-volume report after five years’ work Report calls for end to compulsory celibacy and secrecy of confessional Melbourne archbishop says seal of confessional is ‘inviolable’ Melissa Davey Friday 15 December 2017 01.11 GMT Members of the Care Leavers Australasia Network in Canberra as the final report of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse was delivered to Sir Peter Cosgrove, the governor general Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/15/royal-commission-final-report-australia-child-abuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 The child abuse commission didn't flinch. Can Australia show the same courage? The commissioners’ immense work now needs all the help it can get to overcome the religious establishment Friday 15 December 2017 08.16 GMT By David Marr Peter McClellan, head of the royal commission, shakes hands with Sir Peter Cosgrove, governor general, at the release of the commission’s final report Photograph: Jeremy Piper/AP https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2017/dec/15/the-child-abuse-commission-didnt-flinch-can-the-church-show-the-same-courage-david-marr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleslayer Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 There is room for three people in the confessional. in order of importance G O D priest me. the government can just take a flying f**k! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdude Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Don't forget that Australia may be a democratic republic but they have no federal level laws for freedom of Religion or Freedom of Speech. It is implied but their High Court takes a pretty narrow view as I understand it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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