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

A group of Catholic bishops and priests in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging a new Washington law requiring priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect shared ...

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

Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted law that compels priests to report suspected child abuse revealed during ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Washington state Catholic bishops are suing the state over a new law that requires clergy members to be mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. The Catholic church's top bishops ...

Bishops in Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced Thursday that they will sue the state over a law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 2, requiring priests to break ...

The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit May 29 challenging a new law that requires priests to report child ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Catholic Church in Washington including the Bishop of Spokane Thomas Daly are suing the state over a recently passed mandated reporter law. Washington state's new law would ...

A group of Catholic bishops and priests in Washington state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging a new Washington law requiring priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect shared ...