Confession Secrecy: Catholic Church Targeted by French MPs
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The question arises regularly whether or not to raise the secret of confession. Last attempt to date, in the draft law on sexual violence in the post-Betharram school. But would this measure, although symbolically strong, be effective?
Why the French Catholic Church is against lifting the seal of confession
Lawmakers on June 1 removed an article which would have required priests to report sexual crimes against minors that they learned of in confession, from the bill to 'protect children and combat violence in schools.'
The amendment to lift the secrecy of the church confession for sexual crimes was removed from the post-Betharram law, which disappoints victims of violence.
The text was unanimously voted on Monday, in particular because the lifting of confessional secrecy has been removed from the "Betharram" bill. Even today, the religious may not denounce sexual violence referred to in the confessional.
Confession Secrecy: Catholic Church Targeted by French MPs
The French National Assembly has dropped the most controversial part of a child protection bill that would have lifted the seal of confession in cases of violence against minors. The provision, which sought to challenge sacramental secrecy, was the focal point of heated debates over the past few days in the Assembly during examination of the legislation aimed at protecting children and combating violence in schools. The bill was finally adopted…
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