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

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

In May, the state Legislature passed a bill requiring clergy to report child abuse, bringing Washington in line with most of the rest of the country after previous efforts to ...

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

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

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

(RNS) — A move to require clergy to report child abuse even when it is revealed during the sacrament of confession is in sharp conflict with several faith traditions. (RNS) — In May, Washington state ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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