(OSV News) — 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 …
Seal of confession
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Court blocks WA mandatory reporter law over lack of confession protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA federal court temporarily blocked a new law in Washington state requiring clergy report child abuse or neglect with no exception for the seal of confession.
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A Washington state law that would require priests to violate the seal of confession to report abuse violates the First Amendment, Bishop Barron told OSV News.
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Orthodox churches file suit over WA law also being challenged by that state’s Catholic bishops
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonBack in 1813, a ruling in People v. Philips upheld the clergy-penitent, also known as priest-penitent, privilege in American law.
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WA bishops ask court to block mandatory reporter law without Catholic confession protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. …
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Civil rights probe launched over state abuse reporting law’s lack of Catholic confession protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Justice Department said May 5 it opened a civil rights investigation into the development and passage of legislation in Washington state that requires clergy to …
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Washington state bill requiring clergy to report child abuse signed by governor
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonSome argue that without exceptions for the clergy-penitent privilege, the law could place Catholic priests at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding the seal of …
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Washington state bill requiring clergy to report child abuse heads to governor’s desk
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state was recently approved by the Legislature and has been sent to Democratic Gov. …
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Washington state bill requiring clergy to report child abuse fails for second year
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state failed for the second year in a row in that state’s Legislature. Some …
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WILMINGTON, Del. (OSV News) — The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic Church and wants to break the seal of confession between a …
