A group of Orthodox churches is suing to block a new law in Washington State that requires priests to violate the seal of confession and report incidents of child abuse. In May, Washington’s ...

Priests who fail to report abuse learned in confession could face up to 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court, claims the state’s law violates the First and ...

Confession is included in the prayers Orthodox Jews recite three times a day directly to God rather than to a rabbi, Brod said. But there is no set time for confession, he added. Islam Unlike other ...

Petition says mandatory confession causes problems such as sexual exploitation of women, blackmail The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now ...