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 ...

Catholic leaders in Washington have sued the state over a new law requiring clergy to report suspected child abuse, including details potentially revealed during confession. The lawsuit, filed ...

DOJ said it is intervening in Etienne v. Ferguson, a lawsuit filed by Catholic bishops in Washington state who filed a ...

SEATTLE — Washington state Catholic bishops are suing the state over a new law that requires clergy members to be mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. The Catholic church's top bishops ...

The seal of confidentiality is ... the lifeblood of confession. Without it, the free exercise of the Catholic religion cannot ...

The DOJ is taking on Washington state over a new law forcing clergy to report child abuse disclosed in confession, raising ...

Bishops Sue Washington Over Law That Would Force Them To Violate the Sanctity of Confession in Child Abuse Cases. The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined ...

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 ...

Bishops in Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced Thursday that they will sue the state over a law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 2, requiring priests to break ...

Catholic leaders in Washington have sued the state over a new law requiring clergy to report suspected child abuse, including details potentially revealed during confession. The lawsuit, filed ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Catholic Church in Washington including the Bishop of Spokane Thomas Daly are suing the state over a recently passed mandated reporter law.