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

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law May 2 and it will take effect July 27. Under the law, clergy ...

Lawyers are suing Washington state over a new mandatory reporting law for child abuse, saying the law is unconstitutional.

A new state law requires priests to report suspected child abuse, even if they hear the information in confessional.

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

Senate Bill 5375 – requires clergy to report child abuse or neglect, even if the information is disclosed during ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined and incarcerated.

Religious leaders in Washington are taking legal action against a new state law set to take effect next month. The law ...

Two men who say they were repeatedly abused while living at a group home on Cypress Island decades ago are now suing the ...