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Catholic Church, confession and child abuse

Feds call child abuse confession law for priests "anti-Catholic" as church vows to excommunicate those who comply

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime through confessions.

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Catholic Church To Excommunicate Priests for Following New US State Law

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated.

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Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following WA law requiring child abuse confessions to be reported

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

Seattle archbishop goes on the record about future of the Catholic Church

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

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Why Seattle's archbishop believes Pope Leo XIV will focus on 'social teachings' of church

At his first Mass at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, Pope Leo XIV warned against reducing Jesus Christ to a "superman" ...

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Seattle archbishop on election of new pope, Washington clergy reporting law and future of Catholic Church

Etienne speaks with Joyce Taylor about the future of the Catholic Church, the new Pope Leo XIV and Washington's new mandatory ...

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From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates ...

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Seattle Catholic school students witness historic election of first American pope

Catholics across the globe waited for that announcement, which came 67 minutes later: Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in history. The conclave of Cardinals came to this decision on ...

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