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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...