Clergy members will not have to choose between their vocation and jail time, for now.

A federal judge blocked Washington law requiring clergy to report child abuse, citing First Amendment concerns raised by ...

The controversial law, now the center of a lawsuit, requires priests to report abuse even when disclosed during confession.

Though the judge has not issued his final ruling, he indicated he is likely to issue an injunction against Washington's law designating clergy as mandatory reporters ...

A new law takes effect in Washington state July 27 that requires priests to report abuse if it's shared during a confessional or face jail time.

Bill Clay spent a lifetime being confrontational. The son of a welder, he became a leader of the street demonstrations that took on St. Louis power brokers and broke the ...

1."My bio dad once confessed that he and my now stepdad had enjoyed threesomes with my mom when they were married. My dad and ...

An ambitious attempt at a history of abortion from antiquity to today is valuable and interesting, but does not consider the ...

The majority of U.S. Catholics think clergy sex abuse is an ongoing issue. Find out more about the survey results and this ...

The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests has asked the Vatican to safeguard the due process rights of accused clergy, and ...