UK rules on reporting abuse will not guard confessional seal
May 14, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The National Secular Society of the United Kingdom has reported that it has received assurances from the government that new regulations on mandatory reporting for child-abuse allegations would not provide an exemption for sacramental confessions.
Responding to a query from the group, the Home Office said that there would be “no exceptions” to the requirement to report abuse, “including confessionals.”
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