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

One supporter of the law, a member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called the court decision "a ...

Washington state's government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in a federal lawsuit over the state's mandatory reporter law they said could force 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 motion filed in federal district court Oct. 10 affirmed that state and local governments would stop attempting to require ...

The laws of the Catholic Church require priests to maintain the seal of confession or face excommunication. Washington’s law ...

The decision comes after the law was set to take effect on July 27, but was halted just days before, after Washington’s ...

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 ...

Washington state has dropped its efforts to require clergy to report sexual abuse when the information is revealed during the ...

Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child ...

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