Ministers of religion in Western Australia will soon have to report child sexual abuse even if the information is gained under confession.
The WA Government said it expected to introduce the necessary amendments in the second half of this year following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Anyone convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse faces a $6,000 fine.
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