A number of comments and questions have been raised concerning the question of private auricular confession and the Anglican tradition in light of the 2 July 2014 vote by the Anglican Church of Australia’s General Synod to open the seal of confession.
The comments come in two forms: praise for the action which was designed to combat child and elder abuse and prevent criminals from sheltering under the seal of confession, and anger over the abandonment of an immemorial tradition of the church. A desecration of a sacrament, some have suggested.
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