Polish archbishop criticizes petition to ban children’s confession

“These are old communist tactics propped up by questionable psychology.”

A Catholic archbishop has criticized a petition submitted to the lower house of Poland’s parliament demanding a ban on confession for children under 18.

Wooden confessionals in a church in Zakopane, Poland. Ivonna Nowicka via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki of Poznań described the petition submitted to parliament as “a re-enactment …