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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

28, the Herald and WDAZ-TV Channel 8 incorrectly reported that a priest in Minnesota likely broke the seal of sacramental ... The Most Rev. Folda is bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo.

The lead bishop for safeguarding in England and Wales has said that mandatory reporting of disclosures of child abuse cannot break the seal of the confessional, because it would turn the priest ...

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 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 ...