Milwaukee Archbishop Bans Retired Priest From Taking Confession Over Abuse Activism

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Milwaukee Archbishop Bans Retired Priest From Taking Confession Over Abuse Activism

Archbishop Jerome Listecki banned the Rev. James Connell after Connell advocated clergy be required to report sexual abuse revealed during confession and in confidential settings.

A retired priest pushed to require clergy to report sex-abuse confessions; now he's banned from taking confession

After The Rev. James Connell pushed to require priests who hear about abuse during confession to report it, he's been banned from hearing confessions.

Retired priest barred from hearing confessions over support for law repealing the confessional seal

Archbishop Listecki said “the false assertions of Father James Connell have caused understandable and widespread unrest among the People of God, causing them to question if the privacy of the confessional can now be violated.”