“No priest is going to risk excommunication by breaking the confessional seal — they’d sooner go to prison than bow to such demands.”
Seal of Confessional
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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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(OSV News) — Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the church’s primary legal code, one expert told OSV News. …
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(OSV News) — Hong Kong’s legislature has fast-tracked a controversial new law that some observers claim could see priests imprisoned if they do not reveal to the authorities certain crimes …
