The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is ...

A group of Catholic bishops and priests in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging a new Washington law requiring priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect shared ...

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

(OSV News) -- Washington state’s bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported ...

Catholic bishops in Washington state are suing to block a law that would force priests to choose between breaking the seal of confession and getting excommunicated or receiving jail time. The ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new law that requires priests to report child abuse learned during the sacrament of confession or face jail time and ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit May 29 challenging a new law that requires priests to report child ...