Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the ...

and which has in the sacrament of Penance its visible sign, and which perfects attrition (imperfect contrition-born of the consideration of sin's ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and ...

While clergy are often mandatory reporters outside of the confessional, long-standing legal precedent in the U.S. recognizes ...