NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the ...

A proposed law in Arizona could see priests facing felony charges if they fail to break the seal of confession after learning ...

A new bill before the Arizona House of Representatives could force priests and pastors to break their seal of confession. The ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been a ...

Lawmakers in Washington state are considering a proposal that would force clergy members to violate the confidentiality of the sacrament of confession if they hear about an incident of child abuse or ...

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...

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The state is agreeing to a settlement that keeps in place an injunction protecting priests who learn of child abuse only through the confessional. Washington state Catholic bishops won a reprieve from ...

() - A new Arizona bill seeks to force priests and pastors to break their seal of confession if they learn about a case of ...

In recent years, some Catholics have been concerned by pushes from governments in locations such as Louisiana and Australia who challenge the secrecy of the sacrament of confession, asking that ...

Washington State permanently withdrew the law requiring clergy to violate the sacred “seal of confession” by reporting sexual abuse that was disclosed in a confession booth, according to a court order ...