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 ...

An Orthodox priest hears confession during a Mass celebrated Oct. 26, 2007, in Bucharest, Romania. In the United States, a group of Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit over a new law in ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The bright blue cupolas atop SS. Cyril & Methodius Orthodox Church are an unmistakable landmark in Jeannette - symbols of a parish once home to more than 50 Russian families. In ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to consider a petition that the requirement of annual confession in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church violates its members' privacy rights. Three members of ...

India’s highest court has agreed to hear a petition by three members of the Kerala-based Malankara Orthodox Church. Under a 1934 rule, the Church requires its members to confess at least once year and ...