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

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

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

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

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 ...

But starting in the 1970s, they stopped, and in his new book, For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in ...

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

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

Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill May 2 forcing Catholic priests to break their seal of confession in ...

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

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