Archbishop Fart did say he would go to prison for not reporting a paedo, if the said pervert had admitted to the abuse in the confessional, but it was the confessional itself he called “a spiritual encounter with God through the priest” and “of a higher order” NOT the actual kiddie fiddling.
HOWEVER that said, confessional or not refusing to report a paedophile to the police when you know what he or she has done or is doing makes you as guilty as the fucker yourself in my book!
In the UK doctors have to report paedos, even if it is discovered under doctor patient privilege, no to do so renders the doctor liable to prosecution, I hope the same is required of priests. I hope they would have the decency and ethics to report it anyway.
But then again these are Catholic priest we are talking about so actual ethics probably are not something they are too familiar with.

Another vile addition to the vast back catalogue of abuse and promoting abuse by the Catholic church. If this is actually true the Pope should strip the bishop of all rank (or what ever they call it) but he won't, thereby condoning it through his lack of action.
It would also be appropriate that all Catholics boycott church for a Sunday in protest but they won't thereby condoning this Bishop's actions.
The whole lot of them are a sorry sack of shit.

It is Fake News, Facebook is NOT a source for news, period.

But...,

That sounds like something tRump would say in referring to his sexual dalliances, his supporters already believe it is!

Ho ho! Father has a few little skeletons in his closet, methinks!

My apologies for posting this article. I didn't fact check it because it sounded completely believable to me. I got it from FaceBook which is not my usual source for articles.
That being said, I've heard some pretty fishy things about SNOPES. I suppose they are correct about this article.
From Snopes; However, the claim that Archbishop Hart called sexual abuse a “spiritual encounter with God” is blatantly false. Despite that detail, the claim has been the basis of many subsequent republications and reiterations of Neon Nettle’s article — including one published by the equally dubious YourNewsWire.com — in February 2018.

In reality, Archbishop Hart said that confession, not sexual abuse, was “a spiritual encounter with God through the priest.” In a statement released in August 2017, Hart wrote:

Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through the priest. It is a fundamental part of the freedom of religion, and it is recognised in the Law of Australia and many other countries.

This is fake news. You might not like any religion but lying about it is not something to be encouraged.

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Snopes
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However, the claim that Archbishop Hart called sexual abuse a “spiritual encounter with God” is blatantly false. Despite that detail, the claim has been the basis of many subsequent republications and reiterations of Neon Nettle’s article — including one published by the equally dubious YourNewsWire.com — in February 2018.