148: Confession Under Attack Down Under—Archbishop Julian Porteous

  LAST CALL for our Oberammergau Pilgrimage with Fr. Willy Raymond. Go here: www.patrickcoffin.media/pilgrimage to learn more. For and other weekly segments, join our premium community at www.coffinnation.com. Doors open in November. Get on the list! Facebook: www.facebook.com/patrickcoffin.media Twitter: www.twitter.com/patrick_coffin ******************************************************** Archbishop Julian Porteous is the Ordinary of Hobart, Tasmania, and an astute observer of Australian culture, particularly how fast it has veered toward militant secularism. The latest example is the law passed September, 2019, that provides jail time for priests who will not disclose what is confessed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (aka Penance, or Confession) by, say, an abuser of minors. This is an outrageous and unprecedented intrusion into the running of the Catholic Church in what is otherwise known as a free country. The rights of the Church are violated, and the challenge becomes down to the great difficulty in explaining why the Seal of Confession is substantially different from a relationship like attorney-client privilege.  Think this could only happen in secularist Australia? Think again. Secularist America is next: California and Louisiana legislatures have already tried the same stunt.   SUBSCRIBE AND RATE THIS PODCAST For the rest of show notes and resources: www.patrickcoffin.media