breaking the seal of confession is an automatic excommunication. No-one need to even recognise this, the priest just needs to know that they are doing it. The moment they break it they are no longer a priest nor part of the church
If that prevents them from defending victims of child abuse, they and their church are monstrous, evil, and anathema to civilised society, and need to be kept as far away as possible from it and other human beings to prevent them from causing further harm.
breaking the seal of confession is an automatic excommunication. No-one need to even recognise this, the priest just needs to know that they are doing it. The moment they break it they are no longer a priest nor part of the church
If that prevents them from defending victims of child abuse, they and their church are monstrous, evil, and anathema to civilised society, and need to be kept as far away as possible from it and other human beings to prevent them from causing further harm.
there are no conditions
Pope can change this rule.he doesn’t want to protect the children?