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

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

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 ...

First Liberty Institute’s Hiram Sasser, the executive general counsel for another representative of the bishops, said in a statement that “Washington’s law targeting Catholic clergy with threat of ...

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.

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

Catholic leaders in Washington have sued the state over a new law requiring clergy ... The lawsuit, filed last week on behalf of the bishops, alleges Senate Bill 5375, which was signed into ...

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 ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

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