Vic wants to force clergy to report abuse

By Georgie Moore
Updated August 14 2019 - 6:03pm, first published 5:56pm
Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli would go to jail before breaking a sex abuser's confession.
Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli would go to jail before breaking a sex abuser's confession.

Melbourne's most senior Catholic says he will go to jail rather than inform police if someone told him during confession that they had sexually abused a child.

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