The decision comes after the law was set to take effect on July 27, but was halted just days before, after Washington’s ...

One supporter of the law, a member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called the court decision "a ...

The state of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic officials this week not to require priests to report information ...

A motion filed in federal district court Oct. 10 affirmed that state and local governments would stop attempting to require ...

A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.

Washington state's government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in a federal lawsuit over the state's mandatory reporter law they said could force priests to ...

Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been a ...

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office reported on Friday that it has reached an agreement with the Catholic Church ...

Roman Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Court Chief Judge David G. Estudillo ...

The State of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic priests and the Department of Justice to allow Catholic priests to ...