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

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 ...

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

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 ...

TACOMA, Wash. (CN) — With a Washington state law requiring clergy members to report child abuse disclosures made in sacramental confession set to take effect in just under two weeks, Catholic bishops ...

Later that month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was investigating the law, arguing that it violates the ...

A new law takes effect in Washington state July 27 that requires priests to report abuse if it's shared during a confessional or face jail time.