Roman Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a ...

The Trump Justice Department recently threw its weight behind Washington’s Catholic bishops, filing a legal motion to ...

Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children ...

A federal court has blocked a Washington state law that would have required clergy to report child abuse or neglect learned ...

The law, adopted during the 2025 legislative session, has sparked a federal lawsuit, an investigation by the Department of Justice over claims of anti-Catholic bias and vows by Catholic leadership in ...