Hey ZEB- Thanks for including this information about what the attorney general is doing in Australia, very much appreciated. This should be a law all over the world in every country that priests and other religious leaders are REQUIRED by LAW to report child abuse to police authorities first and foremost before they contact any of their legal departments. Priority should be on protection and safety of the abused children FIRST- not the monetary , public relations , or legal considerations of each religious organization.
This is what our EX-JW friends in California are trying to accomplish with the scarrs.org is to get legislation involved where these laws are hopefully going to be passed. And it's happening in other states as well in America. It's a proactive attempt to stress the importance of these neglected child abuse issues and how organized religions have failed miserably to protect their children from predator priests, elders, chaplains, etc. anybody who has abused their power in churches by raping minor children. Let's hope these laws start getting passed in the United States where clergy penitent privilege is thrown out the window as far as reporting child abuse. There should be no secrets that are crimes against children left remaining in alleged " places of worship " . Peace out, Mr. Flipper