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

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

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 the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be ...

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

A priest cannot violate his mission to reconcile sinners to God through the sacrament of confession without imperiling his own soul.

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

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

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

The Seattle Archdiocese in a statement, warned that breaking the confidence of confession is grounds for a priest to be kicked out of the church, essentially reiterating the rules already ...