The Anglican Church has decided to give priests in Australia the option of breaking the confidentiality of confessions.
The general synod, meeting in Adelaide, has voted for the historic change to cover serious crimes, such as child abuse.
It has decided it will be up to individual dioceses to adopt the policy.
Adelaide's Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver says the change makes sense but there will not be a hard-and-fast rule.
Read it all.
The general synod, meeting in Adelaide, has voted for the historic change to cover serious crimes, such as child abuse.
It has decided it will be up to individual dioceses to adopt the policy.
Adelaide's Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver says the change makes sense but there will not be a hard-and-fast rule.
Read it all.
