A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.

The State of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic priests and the Department of Justice to allow Catholic priests to ...

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...

A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...

If it seems like batches of states are suddenly legislating mandatory clergy reporting laws -- legal decrees that require clergy to report child abuse or neglect revealed in the confessi ...

Washington State has officially withdrawn a controversial law that required Clergy to report suspected sexual abuse disclosed ...

(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film "I Confess," based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He's innocent, and has even heard the murderer's confession — but cannot clear his own name ...