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

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in ...

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse ...

Catholic priests are pushing back against a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement.

Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because ...

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

The Catholic Church has announced that priests will be excommunicated if they obey a new Washington state law requiring ...

The Washington law forces priests to choose between civil law and violating their faith as practiced for millennia. The Catholic Church considers the seal of confession inviolable under Canon Law ...