The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement after learning about the ...

Washington State's bill to tackle sexual abuse has another legal problem when it comes to discerning between what speech is confidential and what is not, according to contract law professor Mark ...

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The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington over its recent law mandating that priests must violate the seal of confession if child abuse is learned about during the ...

A drunk man stumbles into a church, sits down in the confession box and says nothing. The bewildered priest coughs to get 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 ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the type of legal ruling that was issued against Washington's mandatory reporter law. County prosecutors in ...

California priest who abused boys wrote an essay detailing his molestation. June 1, 2012— -- The lurid confessions of a priest who sexually abused young boys in his parish choir and the seminary ...

If such a thing as a “political confessional” existed, where errant officeholders could go to seek forgiveness for colossally wrongheaded actions, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and a majority of his ...