Though the judge has not issued his final ruling, he indicated he is likely to issue an injunction against Washington's law ...

Lawyers representing the Catholic bishops of Washington have asked a federal judge to block the state's recently passed mandatory reporting law from taking effect later this month, alleging in a ...

TACOMA, Wash. (CN) — With a Washington state law requiring clergy members to report child abuse disclosures made in sacramental confession set to take effect in just under two weeks, Catholic bishops ...

Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

His death made John Nepomucene, who was later canonized, the first “ martyr of the confessional ” — one of four priests ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to ...

The Trump administration is taking action against Washington State's law requiring Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect.