Arizona clergy who learn of child abuse in confessions aren’t required to report it, court rules

Arizona's supreme court has ruled that clergy who learn of child abuse through religious confession aren't legally required to report it, upholding what church leaders call the seal of the confessional. The Guardian reports the case involved two Mormon bishops who stayed silent after learning three children were being sexually abused by their own parents. Those children later sued the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the bishops directly, but the court's ruling brings that long-running case to a close in the church's favor.

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