A group of Catholic bishops and priests in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging a new Washington ...

A new state law requires priests to report suspected child abuse, even if they hear the information in confessional.

A new Washington state law that requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect, including when the ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime through confessions.

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...

The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined and incarcerated.

In the lawsuit, filed in federal district court, the bishops emphasize the Catholic Church’s commitment to child protection ...

A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

Limits on abuse-case payouts is among new Maryland laws, which include start of energy reforms, watered-down immigration ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...