Washington passed a law becoming one of just a few states that not only requires clergy to report child abuse -- but make no exemption in religious settings where clergy are bound to confidentiality.

The case of a child sex offender who was on the run for three decades has led to revelations of links between paedophiles who ...

Many Christian families reported living in fear — facing threats of social boycott, electricity cuts and verbal abuse. Some have left their villages or publicly disavowed their faith to avoid conflict ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

Democrat state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about during ...