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 ...

Under the legislation, priests and pastors would be forced to report child abuse if they have a reasonable suspicion “to ...

Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Court Chief Judge David G. Estudillo granted ...

A federal court in Washington state has approved a settlement agreement between the state and its three Catholic dioceses that would not mandate clergy to report sex abuse revealed during confession.

The proposed law reignites national debate over the balance between child protection and religious freedom. By requiring ...

The state of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic officials this week not to require priests to report information that they learn in sacramental confession about suspected child abuse or ...

In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take ...