tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post8427901394861736073..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Section 116Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-87082409588455061432012-11-19T13:10:52.703+11:002012-11-19T13:10:52.703+11:00Thank you for very informative and useful reply.
...Thank you for very informative and useful reply.<br /><br />It may be worth noting that in Ireland, it appears that <a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irish-priests-must-break-seal-of-confession-or-face-prison-new-legislation" rel="nofollow">Irish priests must break seal of confession or face prison</a><br />http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/HolyCatholicApostolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534215049947897355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-43608796439872789142012-11-18T21:04:32.185+11:002012-11-18T21:04:32.185+11:00So, unless the Parliament is to legislate to amend...So, unless the Parliament is to legislate to amend or remove this section, I think the seal of the confessional is intact even under secular law, for the moment.<br /><br />In any case, priests are hardly likely to just give in, even if harried, since this is a matter of loyalty to God.<br /><br />As another wise soul noted, when a priest hears confessions he only knows what little he is told: ifJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-81051745744760869382012-11-18T20:56:34.509+11:002012-11-18T20:56:34.509+11:00Don't believe all you read in the Herald Sun! ...Don't believe all you read in the Herald Sun! (It's generally better than The Age, that anti-Catholic rag, but that's not saying much.)<br /><br />If the Royal Commission is set up by the Commonwealth government, as it appears it will be, then Commonwealth law will apply to it; and the law is clear, for section 127 of the Commonwealth Evidence Act 1995 protects such rights:<br /><br Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-76839339000163863042012-11-18T20:51:38.878+11:002012-11-18T20:51:38.878+11:00Canon Law states
"Can. 1388 §1. A confessor w...Canon Law states<br />"Can. 1388 §1. A confessor who directly violates the sacramental seal incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; one who does so only indirectly is to be punished according to the gravity of the delict."<br /><br /><br />Apparently, "PRIESTS and clergy who refuse to break the seal of confessional before the Royal Commission face HolyCatholicApostolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534215049947897355noreply@blogger.com