Australia abuse inquiry: Catholic Church rejects call to overhaul confession https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45364556
The Catholic Church in Australia has formally rejected a landmark inquiry's recommendation that priests should be forced to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession.
The five-year inquiry found tens of thousands of children had suffered abuse in Australian institutions. The Catholic Church had the most cases.
On Friday, Church leaders accepted most of the inquiry's recommendations.
