Montana and Washington are among the states seeking to compel clergy to disclose abuse revealed to them in the context of the ...

While clergy are often mandatory reporters outside of the confessional, long-standing legal precedent in the U.S. recognizes ...

The Washington State Legislature is considering a bill to make clergy members in the state mandatory reporters of child abuse ...

A push to require clergy to report child abuse is back. This time, Democratic lawmakers might not be willing to compromise on ...

For nearly twenty years, some state lawmakers have tried to remove Washington State from the list of five that do not require ...

Senate Bill 5375 would require priests and other clergy to report child abuse and neglect. Washington State Senator Noel ...

The decision was a blow to prosecutors pursuing the longest-running death-penalty case in the military commission system.

Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the ...

A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious liberty protections. The proposed bill ...

She said a similar bill she sponsored last year, but that included that carve-out to keep clergy from breaking the “seal of confession,” fell apart in the House after a revelation during the ...