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

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

The Justice Department's lawsuit backed the Catholic leaders in a legal filing on Monday, arguing the law "unlawfully targets clergy and, specifically, Catholic priests" and "directly interferes with ...

The Justice Department will not sit idly by when States mount attacks on the free exercise of religion,’ the head of the ...

Washington bishops sued last month to prevent the law from taking effect; Trump administration is looking to back their lawsuit ...

Officials with Orthodox Churches in the United States have filed a lawsuit against a Washington state measure requiring ...

President Donald Trump will depart the G7 summit in Canada to Washington on Monday night, a day earlier than planned, due to ...

New court filings show several Orthodox churches and a priest are suing the state of Washington and Governor Bob Ferguson ...

New Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children ...

King County Executive Shannon Braddock is proposing a new revenue measure to offset the county’s $150 million budget gap. The new proposal would enact a 0.1% sales and use tax that was authorized by ...

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, is ...

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 ...