Div 11Religious confession

Division 11—Religious confession 67K—No confessional privilege in child sexual abuse matters (1) The fact that information was gained by a person during, or in connection with, a religious confession does not prevent or otherwise affect the giving of evidence as to, or other disclosure of, the information for the purpose of criminal proceedings for a child sexual offence or civil proceedings for child sexual abuse. (2) In this section— civil proceedings for child sexual abuse means any civil proceedings in which a party is alleging that unlawful conduct of a sexual nature was committed to, or in relation to, a child; religious confession means a confession made by a person to a member of the clergy in the member's professional capacity according to the ritual of the member's church or religious denomination.