The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new law that requires priests to report child ...

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

A recently passed law in Washington State supposedly protects children but in reality is an attack on the Church designed to ...

Washington state’s bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without ...

First reported by The Pillar, the lawsuit is in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate Bill 5375 ...

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

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law May 2 and it will take effect July 27. Under the law, clergy ...

ON May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Saint Elizabeth and last day of the month ...

Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted ...

While most states make clergy “mandatory reporters,” the legislation makes Washington one of only three (in addition to New Hampshire and West Virginia) to extend this mandate to information acquired ...