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

They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational ...

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

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

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

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

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

In response, the Archdiocese of Seattle said, "Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession—or they will be excommunicated from the Church." On Tuesday, the Catholic League published the ...

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

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

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement. "Catholic ...