Clergy members will not have to choose between their vocation and jail time, for now.

The U.S. Catholic bishops confirmed that the church will continue to refrain from endorsing political candidates after the ...

A federal judge blocked Washington law requiring clergy to report child abuse, citing First Amendment concerns raised by ...

Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to ...

New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the United States, ...

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Catholic priests and deacons, has issued a statement defending ...

The controversial law, now the center of a lawsuit, requires priests to report abuse even when disclosed during confession.

Lawyers representing the Catholic bishops of Washington have asked a federal judge to block the state's recently passed mandatory reporting law from taking effect later this month, alleging in a ...

Though the judge has not issued his final ruling, he indicated he is likely to issue an injunction against Washington's law ...

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against a new law that demands priests report child abuse revealed during private confession. One American Archbishop and other Catholic Church ...