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 ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange is seeking to permanently seal testimony that Bishop Tod Brown gave this week as part of a civil lawsuit accusing a former assistant basketball coach at Mater ...

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 ...

Bishop Oscar Solis of the Diocese of Salt Lake City is urging lawmakers to protect the seal of confession when considering legislation that would change sex-abuse-reporting laws when the reporter ...

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 ...

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 ...