South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts67K—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.