The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

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

Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute ...

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in ...

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

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse ...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the law new law signed by Washington ...

The warning comes after the state’s Democrat governor signs a law requiring clergy to report child abuse they hear about in ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Priest abuse survivors are urging the College of Cardinals to choose a leader who will tackle the issue of abuse in the ...

A new state law in Washington is set to take effect this summer, but members of the Catholic clergy are refusing to comply ...