The Seal of the Confessional: Motion

You can hear the speeches here:

 

The Assembly passed this resolution unanimously:

'That this Assembly

(a) call on the House of Bishops to re-affirm the Seal of the Confessional as an essential principle of the doctrine of the universal Church, as received by the Church of England, and

(b) call on Society priests to reassure the faithful that they will maintain absolute confidentiality with regard to what is confessed in sacramental confession.’

 

You can read the speech by Fr Paul Benfield SSC, who moved the motion on behalf of the Council of Forward in Faith, here.

 

The background paper is available here.