It was referred to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 1996, not because of the paedophilia involved which was not the CDF's responsibility but because of its role in overseeing the legality of processes involving abuse of
the confessional seal and laicisation.
From a purely utilitarian standpoint, however, the failure of the state to respect the integrity of
the confessional seal is a foolish blunder.
Not exact matches
Priests are not the only ones who are in reality bound by the
seal of the
confessional.
The prosecution argued not that the
seal of confession was irrelevant, but either that Garnet must have heard of the plot outside of the
confessional, or that the confession was not sacramental because the plotters lacked true contrition for what they were planning to do.
The bishops» body should also request clarity on whether information received in the
confessional that a child has been sexually abused is covered by the
seal of secrecy and whether absolution of a perpetrator should be withdrawn until the perpetrator confesses to police.
This portends disaster as the vestigial remains of cultural Catholicism die out and are replaced by those who accept all of Weigel's major premises («religious liberty is good») and none of his minor ones («protecting the
seal of the
confessional is a part of religious liberty»).
The federal rule on the «
seal of the
confessional» is far from clear.
At stake in the Boe case is an emerging relationship of great importance to society as a whole, but the «
seal of the
confessional» may not be the best image under which to understand it.
An exception to this rigorous rule might have been the duty to give evidence in court concerning a crime which a priest learned about in the
confessional; but as the civil law of evidence developed, it included a privilege for the priest against being compelled to reveal anything told to him under the «
seal of the
confessional.»
The «priest - penitent privilege» or the «
seal of the
confessional» is a recognition in law of the confidentiality of anything told to a priest in the practice of individual auricular confession of sins, considered a sacrament in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches of Christianity.
What takes place between us is inviolable as if under the
seal of the
confessional.»»
The Overly Honest Baby Book, Dawn's debut gift book, a tell - all
confessional baby book for new parents (
Seal / DaCapo, Spring 2017).
Accompanied by another set of three drawings, also abstract in form yet
confessional in character; a small sculpture containing written confessions of people concealed with black ink; and a participatory drawing inviting visitors to write and then erase their own confessions,
Sealed Confessions explores, as its title suggests, the act of confession as both a declaration of beliefs, intentions, and emotions and a call for privacy, confidentiality, and truth.