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

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

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

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

Bob Ferguson signed on Friday — revokes that protection for discussions of child abuse or neglect. The Catholic Church vowed ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

Bob Ferguson, who is Catholic, added "members of the clergy ... is called "excommunication," which cuts a person off from the church and eternal life, according to Catholic teaching.

The Catholic Church is against a new law that was pushed through by Democrats requiring priests to break the confidentiality ...

The Archdiocese of Seattle is taking a stand against a recently passed Washington State law that would force priests to ...

The U S Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the state of Washington s new law that could require priests ...