The West Australian, 23/5/2019
ABC News, 23/5/2019
Western Australia Removes Confessional Exemption for Child Sexual Abuse Reporting
Western Australia is the latest Australian state to schedule changes to laws requiring mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. Under the revised statute...
I have allowed sin to control my life. For years, I've allowed very dark and ugly sins to hide behind a curtain of shame, guilt, and fear. But only when brought into the light can these sins be torn up from the root. So I am now going to wholly and completely confess to the things that I've...
So in my quest to un-mess everything from my childhood and (God help my) teenage and beyond years, I today took James 5:16 and ran with it. Or, rather, walked with it, it's hot and I'm a large man and I had no money for parking...
Basically, I grew up in a Baptist church and am going there...
ACT Catholic priests to be required to break seal of confession
Priests in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will soon be required to break the seal of confession to report child abusers after the ACT Legislative Assembly passed a bill to extend the mandatory reporting scheme to cover...