Catholic leaders say the new law “forces priests to choose ... also have child abuse reporting laws that make an exception for the so-called penitent privilege. The Seattle Times notes it asked the ...

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

The Justice Department's lawsuit backed the Catholic leaders in a legal filing on Monday, arguing the law "unlawfully targets ...

Washington state's law could place clergy at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding seal of confessional ...

President Donald Trump's Justice Department announced on Monday that it was taking legal action against a new law in ...

OLYMPIA, WA. - The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Monday, June 23, against Washington state over a new law the ...

Washington joins seven other states in denying privilege for confidential communications about sexual abuse in the ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate ...

The United States Department of Justice is suing the State of Washington over a new law some have deemed “anti-Catholic.” The ...

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would force them to break their oaths.

Sister Camille D’Arienzo “didn’t toe the line. She said what she believed. She is a progressive woman who had a very big ...