THE "absolute confidentiality" afforded to disclosures made under the seal of confession will be a matter for debate in the General Synod this month.
The Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, said last week that he had "every sympathy" with the view, expressed by a survivor who reported abuse to the Cahill Inquiry (News, 24 October), that disclosures that gave rise to safeguarding concerns should not be treated as confidential.
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