Imams, rabbis and priests would become "mandatory" reporters in Washington state under this new bill. Imams, rabbis and ...

Campaigners say Italy, where the Vatican still holds considerable influence, has been slow to confront the problem.

A proposed law in Washington state would require priests to violate Catholic Church law by breaking the seal of confession.

The state senator who introduced the measure says she cannot ‘stomach any argument about religious freedom being more ...

When should priests, pastors and other clergy be legally required to report sexual and other child abuse, including during confessions and counseling?

WWL Louisiana/The Guardian report exposes behind-the-scenes messaging to manage a bombshell clergy-abuse scandal ...

When the Saints emails began, Wendy Vitter was the general counsel of the archdiocese of New Orleans. She is also the wife of ...

Promises by the state to uncover decades of sexual abuse by the clergy never got off the ground in a court fight that was ...

Claim against the Philly archdiocese for its priest's alleged sexual abuse can't proceed because of jurisdictional issues, NJ ...

The bill would amend state law to require clergy to report instances of child abuse with no exemption for instances where the ...

Although the results of the Massachusetts attorney general's inquiry into child sexual abuse at the Fall River, Springfield ...

An unsealed court ruling shows why a judge blocked a long-promised grand jury investigation of sexual assault by New Jersey ...