Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines ...
Yahoo

Washington State will not force priests to break confession seal

Washington State permanently withdrew the law requiring clergy to violate the sacred “seal of confession” by reporting sexual abuse that was disclosed in a confession booth, according to a court order ...
Washington Examiner

A myopic threat to Catholic priests to break the seal of confession

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 ...
Yahoo

Judge blocks WA requirement for priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession

Roman 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 ...
The Daily Signal

Trump Admin Sues Democrat State Forcing Priests to Divulge Confessions

Ben Johnson is senior reporter and editor at The Washington Stand. A newly enacted law forcing priests to reveal the details of their members’ private confessions under penalty of fine or imprisonment ...
NewsNation on MSN

Proposed Arizona law would force priests to violate confession

The legislation would mandate clergy to report child abuse even if they obtained the information during confession.
Washington Examiner

Washington state agrees not to require Catholic priests to report confessions

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 ...
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'Will not sit idly by': DOJ sues to prevent Catholic priests from violating secrecy of confessional by having to report child abuse

The Trump administration and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice are going to bat for Catholic priests, the sacrament of penance, and the seal of confession, claiming in a ...
National Catholic Register

Montana Bill Could Require Priests to Break Seal of Confession

While clergy are often mandatory reporters outside of the confessional, long-standing legal precedent in the U.S. recognizes the religious freedom of confessors and penitents to be exempt from those ...
KHQ

Washington allows Sacrament of Confession exception to mandatory reporting

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The State of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic priests and the Department of Justice to allow Catholic priests to maintain secrecy while performing the Sacrament of ...
National Catholic Register

Justice Department Sues Washington State Over Law Forcing Priests to Break Confession Seal

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 ...