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Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki bars Father James Connell from hearing confessions...

A retired Milwaukee priest has been barred from hearing confession and giving absolution, following an essay he wrote favoring legislation that would require priests...

Squashing penitential privilege will only diminish religious freedom — Jeff Jacoby

By Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe Here is a proposition no reasonable person could argue with: There must be laws protecting minors from abuse and neglect and...

Delaware General Assembly wants to eliminate seal of confession, requiring priests...

The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic church and wants to break the seal of confession between...

Break seal of confession to report abuse, or go to jail,...

BRISBANE, Australia — A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse...

English cardinal: Priests would die rather than break seal of confession

MANCHESTER  -- Catholic priests would die rather than break the seal of confession to report child abusers to the police, said an English cardinal. Cardinal...

Australian states to have priests report abuse disclosed in confession

SYDNEY — The Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania have become the latest in the country to pass legislation criminalizing priests who fail to...

Pope Francis affirms seal of confession must be kept with ‘no...

VATICAN CITY -- In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming...

Seal of confession vs. effort to identify sex abusers clash in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Catholic clergy, penitents, theologians and canon lawyers look at the wording in a California state bill that would compel a...

California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty

LOS ANGELES — A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to...

Chilean bishops fear new measure would enforce breaking confession seal

VATICAN CITY — Chilean bishops said that while they support legislation requiring priests and religious authorities to report crimes, they also fear that an...

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