New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

Later that month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was investigating the law, arguing that it violates the ...

Confession of a Child of the Century Love is dramatically lost, unexpectedly regained and then gradually poisoned by uncertainty and jealousy in Alfred de Musset's story.

Dec. 15—Conasauga Judicial Circuit Judge Scott Minter ruled that statements made by a defendant to officers will be admissible as evidence in a child molestation trial scheduled for early next year.

A new report in the United Kingdom is recommending legislation that will mandate the reporting of child abuse could lead to a clash with a central tenet of Catholic teaching: The seal of confession.

The Delaware General Assembly is considering a bill that would require Roman Catholic priests to break the seal of confession to report child abuse and neglect, prompting condemnation from the ...

The bill would amend Delaware's child abuse and neglect laws by removing an exemption that priests must report such offenses when heard during confessions. House Bill 74, introduced last week by ...

Child sex-abuse scandals in Australia have prompted ... the removal in such cases of the church’s “seal of confession,” which requires priests to keep secret anything that they learn ...

All Utahns--despite their religious leadership status and confidentiality agreements-- may soon be required by law to report child abuse. Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, is sponsoring House ...

Confession of a Child of the Century Love is dramatically lost, unexpectedly regained and then gradually poisoned by uncertainty and jealousy in Alfred de Musset's story.