A senior state government minister has hit back at Brisbane's Catholic Archbishop over controversial comments condemning proposed laws that would compel Queensland priests to report the confessions of child abusers.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey took to social media on Thursday morning to slam Archbishop Mark Coleridge's claims laws would "not make a difference to the safety of our young people".

Comments from Archbishop Mark Coleridge (left) received a scathing retort from MP Mark Bailey. Credit:AAP

"Given the exposure of widespread institutional sexual abuse of children within many organisations including the Catholic Church, I’m deeply disturbed to hear the Archbishop of Brisbane advocate for continuing the exemption of priests from reporting child sexual abuse to police when made aware of it in confession," he wrote on Facebook.

"This goes against the recommendations of the ground-breaking royal commission widely accepted in our community to stop the sexual abuse of children.