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Catholics defend the secrecy of confession amid pressure over child abuse royal commission
Catholic Church is holding firm against calls to lift the veil of secrecy on confession amid calls from victims and advocates to force priests to report alleged abusers.
- By political reporter Matthew Doran
- ABC
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered the Federal Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse in Canberra on Wednesday.
Last year 122 recommendations were delivered to the government, including calls to throw out the sanctity of the confessional.
In a statement posted to YouTube, Australian Catholic…