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 guilt of the late Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz is not in doubt, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius said, after local ...

When King Frederick the Great once visited a prison, he found every inmate pleading innocence—except one. “Your Majesty,” said a lone prisoner, “I am guilty and deserve my punishment.” ...

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