The Permanent Council of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed shock over the proposition of a bill that ...

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

A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...

Following lawsuits from the DOJ and local bishops, Washington will no longer require faith leaders to report child abuse ...

The state's Catholic bishops previously filed their lawsuit in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate ...

In Etienne v. Ferguson, the Archdiocese of Seattle and the dioceses of Spokane and Yakima argued that the new law violated ...

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

Catholic and Washington state officials reached an agreement allowing priests to keep the seal of confession without threat of penalty under the law.

Clergy must still tell authorities of potential mistreatment, but will not have to divulge information they hear in ...

Washington state has dropped its efforts to require clergy to report sexual abuse when the information is revealed during the ...

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

Washington state has agreed not to force Catholic priests to report confessions of abuse, putting an end to a legal battle ...