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CMV: All religious authorities should be mandated to report child abuse or any other major crime when they become aware of or suspect it has or will occur, regardless of whether or not the information was obtained through confession

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. I refer to the catholic church mostly, but it applies to all religions who are not legislated to report child abuse (as is the case in my jurisdiction). The catholic archbishop of Melbourne recently said he'd rather go to jail than break the seal of confession. To me, I can't comprehend that position. Even from a religious perspective, surely the forgiveness of jesus through confession can still be obtained whilst the priest reports the concerns to state authorities. If the offending party spends their mortal life in prison, that will be mitigated by eternity in heaven they get for confessing, right?

Edit: I woke up to a lot of responses, some of which criticised me for not offering a framework for the the application of my belief (this is my first interaction with the CMV community), so here goes. There would need to be prescribed definitions about that which will and won't need to be reported in any legislation amounting to what I have proposed. Without going into the precise scenarios, I will say that there is already a framework in place within my jurisdiction which could easily be transferred to those who are employed within a church setting. Mandated reporting is very much a thing in many places. I am a mandated reporter, so I know it well. I apologise for not suggesting that a framework be put in place in my initial post.

I woke this AM to lots of comments regarding my position. Many of them say exactly the same thing and don't offer any new or challenging points for consideration, namely that breaking the seal would be to dismantle the catholic church. I've also read that the church is in a better position to help offenders because under my system they wouldn't confess. These two lines of argument I find unconvincin, which I have document in responses already. Whilst I appreciate the time people have put in to respond, my view hasn't changed. I'm not sure if it's within the rules, but going forward I'll only respond to comments which offer different reasons as to why I should CMV.
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If you arrest people at the confessional no one will confess, the real point is when you know of crimes you can prevent them, if people don't confess you won't know so won't prevent. Religions need the Right of Sanctuary, much like a doctor needs patient confidentiality or a lawyer needs client privilege, but even a doctor or lawyer are bound by oath to report the threat of imminent crime, short of that they use their judgement and resources to keep the person away from offending, that's what religions should do: use their resources to Prevent, not take the money and sell people down the river.