The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...

"Punishing priests for following the Catholic Church's millennia-old faith traditions isn't just wrong, it's unconstitutional ...

YAKIMA- The Rev. Msgr. Robert M. Siler, Episcopal Vicar and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Yakima, has released ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is ...

The new law that takes effect on July 27 carries penalties of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. It also exposes the priests ...

Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by Th ...

The Catholic Bishops of Washington on Thursday asked a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report ...

Washington state's Catholic bishops asked the federal ... also representing the bishops in the lawsuit, said in a statement, "We are committed to protecting the sacrament of confession and believe ...