The state law requires Catholic priests to report any suspicions about potential child abuse, including information disclosed during sacramental confession.

The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between ...

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A federal court blocked Washington's new law requiring priests to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession, arguing it singles out Catholics and violates their “sacramental seal." ...

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Last month, the Justice Department filed legal action against the State of Washington over Washington Senate Bill 5375, which ...

Church leaders said the law, which was set to take effect later this month, would have required them to report child abuse ...

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction for Washington Roman Catholic priests exempting them from a law that would require them break the seal of confession and report ...

A federal court on July 18 temporarily blocked a new law in Washington state requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.

"The text of the bill and its legislative history arguably evince the intentional abrogation of a practice that the ...

U.S. District Judge David Estudillo ruled that the new law, previously set to take effect July 27, singled out clergy for breaking a vow of silence while allowing other professionals to maintain a ...

A judge halted a Washington law from taking effect that would compel clergy to report child abuse or neglect, no matter how ...