Roman Catholic Church should end priest celibacy, report sex abuse: Aussie panel
An Australian inquiry into child abuse could rock the Roman Catholic Church. The panel on Friday called on the church to repeal its celibacy requirement for priests, and said clergy should face prosecution if they fail to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional. Australia’s Royal Commission into Institution Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its 17-volume report and made almost 200 recommendations following a five-year investigation into how the Catholic Church and other institutions responded to sexual abuse of children in Australia over 90 years. The Royal Commission is the country’s highest