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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

(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 ...

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