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okasha

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13. Try looking at it like this.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 03:21 PM

Jul 2014

The Archbishop has just guaranteed that a penitent is NOT going to confess a reportable act to a priest, is NOT going to be advised to report the act to the authorities, and is NOT going to be counseled about the effects of the act on others or himself or about seeking help for destructive behavior.

Way to go, Archbishop. You've just covered your own butt and and told your lost sheep to get lost and stay lost.

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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