YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Based on what he’s heard in the confessional amid a bitter civil war, a Catholic priest serving in his African country’s troubled southwestern region says “the Devil has unleashed ...

New Yorker Magdalena Max Avramovich claims she was forced out of her rent-stabilized apartment in a church-owned complex in Manhattan after a priest allegedly used information against her that she ...

A Milwaukee priest has been urging state legislators to repeal the clergy-penitent privilege in mandatory reporting laws that exempt Catholic priests from notifying authorities of any sexual abuse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former New Mexico priest repeatedly sexually abused a young girl in confessional booths six decades ago claiming she was “chosen ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington Monday, June 23, over a new law requiring clergy members to report child abuse, even if the information is obtained ...

The Trump administration is investigating a Washington state law that would require Catholic priests to break the seal of confession to report information related to child abuse or neglect. The ...

A priest has no duty to report confidential information heard during a sacramental confession, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Friday in a bid to clear up what it called the "widespread confusion" ...

Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee has stripped one of his priests of the faculty to hear confessions following the clergyman’s public support for civil laws mandating that priests break the seal ...

A New York City woman in the throes of a psychotic episode was forced out of her rent-stabilized apartment after her priest allegedly used information against her that she revealed during a ...

All priests should desire to carry out a holy ministry and to confer the sacraments in a way that leads others to Christ. However, sometimes the mix of personalities in the confessional makes it ...

A federal court in Washington state has approved a settlement agreement between the state and its three Catholic dioceses that would not mandate clergy to report sex abuse revealed during confession.

Catholic leaders are pushing back against efforts to alter state laws that exempt clergy from reporting child abuse they hear about during the sacrament of confession, arguing the changes will force ...