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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

We look forward to protecting Washington kids from sexual abuse,” Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson told McClatchy News.

Confessions were previously considered privileged. The Archdiocese of Seattle — which was made up of 160 priests and 90 permanent deacons as of 2024 — said it will excommunicate priests who ...