The bill would amend state law to require clergy to report instances of child abuse with no exemption for instances where the ...

Lawmakers in Washington state are proposing a bill that would require members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect.

The legislation is setting up a fight over First Amendment protections as Catholic organizations argue that not only would the law violate the “seal of confession,” but it would also put priests in a ...

The sacramental seal of confession in the Catholic Church strictly prohibits priests from sharing anything a penitent says during the sacrament of reconciliation. (photo: asiandelight ...

Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed ...

The 9/11 case is at a crossroads in the long running challenge over whether a key confession is tainted by C.I.A. torture By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba The C.I.A ...

While most states include clergy on the list of mandated reporters, Washington is one of few states where they're not ...

But Allison F. Miller, the lawyer for the defendant, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, said the panel unanimously rejected a U.S. government request to reinstate use of the confession at his upcoming death ...

Emmerdale aired some devastating scenes with April Windsor tonight - as she returned to the village. April was back in the village tonight as Marlon Dingle brought her home from hospital, but ...

Amy Schumer told a “scary” fact about her sex life during an interview on “Call Her Daddy.” The “Trainwreck” star, 43, confessed on Wednesday’s episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast tha ...

A North Carolina husband confessed to killing his wife and his plans to take his own life on social media after he caught his wife cheating. George Lesniak, 63, wrote on a Facebook page he was the ...