EDITORIAL: It’s long-standing and settled law in the U.S. that priest-penitent discussions are privileged private ...

A bill which would redesign the Washington State flag has been blasted ... in March 1923 and features a dark green field with the state seal in the center. The seal consists of a portrait of ...

Catholic priests are not allowed to reveal anything shared with them in confession under threat of excommunication, as the seal of confession is crucial to the sacrament itself. Washington state ...

Kniffin praised Washington state’s bishops for publicly committing to safeguard the seal of confession but also warned that “it’s hard for bishops to reassure Catholics when the law is ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests ... that clergy there would not break the seal of confession even if required to by law.

with no exception for the absolute seal of confidentiality that applies to Catholic Priests,” the government statement says. “Furthermore, the State of Washington’s new law singles out ‘me ...