The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new law that requires priests to report child ...

Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests to report child abuse to authorities even if they learn of it during the sacrament of confession. The measure ...

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

During the signing ceremony, Ferguson, who was raised Catholic, said he was “very familiar” with the sacrament of confession. Well, he might want to brush up on his catechism. “He should ...

as the seal of confession is crucial to the sacrament itself. Washington state Democrats consider this a loophole, and so they moved to close it. State Sen. Noel Frame, the sponsor of the bill ...

In fact, the local Church’s internal policies already require clergy to be mandatory reporters, except when information is obtained during confession. And as in every other U.S. state ...

Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect to authorities, even if that knowledge arises during the sacrament of confession. It has outraged many ...

The Democratic governor of Washington, Bob Ferguson, signed a controversial law last week that requires clergy members to break the confidentiality of the sacrament of confession if they hear about an ...

It does not offer exceptions to clergy learning this information through the sacrament of confession - a practice in the Catholic Church where members voluntarily tell their sins to a priest for ...

“I want to assure you that your shepherds, bishop and priests, are committed to keeping the seal of confession – even to the point of going to jail,” Daly said. “The Sacrament of Penance ...