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India s top court to examine demand to ban confession
The demand intensified after five priests were suspended following allegations of misusing confession for sex
St. Basil Church of the Malankara Orthodox Church in New York. (Photo: YouTube)
India s top court has agreed to examine a demand to ban the practice of confessing sins to a priest in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church after a complaint that it violates individuals privacy.
The Supreme Court of India on Dec. 14 sought the opinion of the head of the Orthodox Church, based in Kerala state in southern India, and the federal government, among others, on the complaint that came to court as public interest litigation.