The Sacrament of Confession and Child Sexual Abuse: Reported Practise of Tasmanian Anglican Clergy Navigating the Confidentiality Dilemma

The sacrament of confession is criticised for impeding clerical reporting ofinformation about child sexual abuse to authorities. The sacrament of confessionis found within Catholicism and Anglicanism and imposes a ‘seal'on priests, forbidding them from ever revealing details of the sins confess...

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Main Author: Guerzoni, Michael Andre (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2017]
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 258-280
Further subjects:B Child Sexual Abuse
B Anglican Church
B Confessional
B Confidentiality
B Clergy
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