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skepticscott

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4. No, not at all

Reply to okasha (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:19 AM

Jul 2014

Doctor/patient confidentiality already has exceptions under the law in many jurisdictions, including the requirement for doctors to report child abuse and gunshot wounds. It's all a matter of what priorities a society (and in this case, a religion) want to set. I applaud the Anglican Church for putting religious ritual second to public safety.

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Australia lifts the seal of the confession [View all] hrmjustin Jul 2014 OP

That's a mistake. rug Jul 2014 #1

I tend to agree, but not fully.... goldent Jul 2014 #3

Absolutely! hrmjustin Jul 2014 #6

It's a very bad mistake. okasha Jul 2014 #2

No, not at all skepticscott Jul 2014 #4

You're confusing confidentiality with privilege. rug Jul 2014 #8

The Anglican Chur c h of Australia has gone downhill since they picked an Archbishop that hrmjustin Jul 2014 #7

I have the impression that the Australian Church okasha Jul 2014 #9

I believe so but some of the clergy think that it is a Baptist denomination when it is not. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #10

I think this is a huge mistake. It is destroying the cornerstone of a sacrament. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #5

Try looking at it like this: Act_of_Reparation Jul 2014 #11

It destroys the sacrment. We would never go along with this in the Episcopal Church. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #12

Try looking at it like this. okasha Jul 2014 #13

I have considered it Act_of_Reparation Jul 2014 #14

That's not what this amendment is about. rug Jul 2014 #15