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

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

James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law May 2 and it will take effect July 27. Under the law, clergy ...

Bishops in Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced Thursday that they will sue the state over a law signed by ...

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School teacher JC Santos was intensely proud of his ...

Washington bishops say a new law unfairly targets the Roman Catholic church and stifles protections surrounding previously ...

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

The dispute revolves around a state law that requires priests to report allegations of sexual abuse heard during confession.

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

A group of Roman Catholic bishops and priests filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Washington law that requires ...