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Washington Senate passes bill to jail priests for not violating Seal of Confession

Democrats in the state of Washington continue to push forward legislation that would jail Catholic priests if they decline to break the Seal of Confession. The bill is being sponsored by a pro-abortion, pro-LGBT self-professed Catholic state senator.

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Matt Lamb

• Mar 5, 2025Mar 5, 2025

Washington advances bill to jail priests for not breaking seal of confession

A bill to throw priests in jail for nearly a year for not breaking the seal of confessional is moving forward in the state of Washington. However, Bishop Thomas Daly and a legal scholar have criticized the bill's obvious religious freedom problems.

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Matt Lamb

• Feb 10, 2025Feb 11, 2025

Washington bill would jail priests for not breaking Seal of Confession: ‘No exemption’

A Democratic state senator in Washington wants to mandate that priests commit an excommunicable offense or face jail time for not breaking the sacred Seal of Confession.

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Matt Lamb

• Feb 4, 2025Feb 5, 2025

Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession

A bill proposed by Montana Democrats would jail Catholic priests for upholding the confessional seal, to which they are bound by Canon Law. Catholic League criticized the bill as ‘an egregious violation of the First Amendment.’

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Matt Lamb

• Jan 22, 2025

Catholic priest says Hong Kong clergy will go to prison before violating seal of Confession

In an interview with LifeSiteNews, the Hong Kong priest also criticized Cardinal Stephen Chow for refusing to condemn the island’s draconian national security law, saying he ‘hid himself behind the social communications office.’

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Louis Knuffke

• Mar 25, 2024Mar 26, 2024

Hong Kong passes national security law which activists warn attacks seal of confession

Fears raised for the future of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong look to be well supported after legislators passed Article 23 of the draconian National Security Law, especially as the Vatican is likely set to renew its secretive deal with China later this year.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 20, 2024Mar 21, 2024

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Chow refuses to condemn new law which could attack seal of confession

While Cardinal Chow has not criticized the communist legislation, Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch condemned its infringement on religious freedom and confidentiality rights, effectively forcing Catholic priests to break the seal of confession.

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Louis Knuffke

• Mar 18, 2024Mar 20, 2024

Religious freedom advocates condemn new Hong Kong law which could attack seal of confession

Hong Kong’s new Beijing-backed ‘domestic security’ law would force Catholic priests to break the Seal of Confession if they hear a person confess a ‘crime of treason,’ in violation of Church law.

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Louis Knuffke

• Mar 13, 2024Mar 20, 2024

Washington bill that would have forced priests to break Seal of Confession is ‘dead’

‘SB 6298 has not been scheduled for an executive session, and thus will not be moving forward this session,’ Washington State Catholic Conference spokeswoman Adrienne Joyce told LifeSiteNews.

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Matt Lamb

• Feb 21, 2024Feb 22, 2024

Washington bill endorsed by Catholic bishops could force priests to break Seal of Confession

Washington’s Senate Bill 6298 ‘on its face could require breaking the Seal of Confession,’ according to the Washington Catholic Conference, which supports the bill anyway.

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Matt Lamb

• Feb 19, 2024Feb 21, 2024

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Washington Senate passes bill to jail priests for not violating Seal of Confession

Washington advances bill to jail priests for not breaking seal of confession

Washington bill would jail priests for not breaking Seal of Confession: ‘No exemption’

Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession

Catholic priest says Hong Kong clergy will go to prison before violating seal of Confession

Hong Kong passes national security law which activists warn attacks seal of confession

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Chow refuses to condemn new law which could attack seal of confession

Religious freedom advocates condemn new Hong Kong law which could attack seal of confession

Washington bill that would have forced priests to break Seal of Confession is ‘dead’

Washington bill endorsed by Catholic bishops could force priests to break Seal of Confession