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 ...

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...

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

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 ...

The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined and incarcerated.

Bishops in Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced Thursday that they will sue the state over a law signed by ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit May 29 challenging a new law that requires priests to report child ...

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 ...

Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.

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 ...