Confession Must Include Desire for Reconciliation for Clergy-Penitent Privilege, AZ Court Says

Confession must include desire for reconciliation for clergy-penitent privilege, AZ court says

(OSV News) — Just shy of two weeks after ruling on clergy-penitent privilege, the Arizona Supreme Court issued another unanimous decision Aug. 12 setting a legal precedent for what qualifies in the state as “confession,” again creating legal implications for the Catholic Church’s confessional seal. While in Doe v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the court ruled on when a member of the clergy may in…

Arizona Democrat vows renewed assault on Seal of Confession despite repeated failures

Anti-Catholic Democrat Stacey Travers says she will continue to battle against the sacred Seal of Confession and won't let a state supreme court ruling stop her.

Arizona Supreme Court says pastor’s admission of abuse is NOT protected by religious privilege

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