UK bill ‘threatens’ confessional seal

A Catholic academic said the bill was a ‘serious attack’ on religious freedom.

A U.K. government bill poses a threat to the sacramental seal of confession, a Catholic academic said this week.

A priest grants absolution during the Sacrament of Reconciliation, commonly known as confession. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

David Paton told The Pillar April 2 that the Crime and Policing Bill “represents a serious attack on the seal of confession a…