Catholic canon law stipulates that any priest who violates the “seal of confession” automatically incurs the penalty of excommunication. Bishop Thomas Daly of the Diocese of Spokane ...

OAKLAND - Bishop Michael Barber ... prison than comply with a state law that would force priests to violate the seal of confession. Barber made the statement in a letter released to the diocese ...

Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed ...

Washington Gov. 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.

A translation of the Latin inscribed around the edge of the seal is "Let the prayers to God of Germanus and Patricius help us" A rare 14th Century Bishop's seal discovered by a metal detecting ...

As Washington state lawmakers debate legislation that would end legal protections for the seal of confession, Spokane Bishop Thomas A. Daly has assured his diocese that priests would opt for a ...

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly ... “We have an understanding of the seal of confession that is in the area of the sacred. Politicians can change the law, but we can’t change the nature of the ...