Ray Kresek has been struck by lightning three times. He’s watched colleagues die in fires. He saw a plane knock down a fire ...

New court filings show several Orthodox churches and a priest are suing the state of Washington and Governor Bob Ferguson ...

Priests who fail to report suspected abuse could face jail time, while those who break the confessional seal face excommunication under Catholic doctrine. Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is among ...

SANDPOINT — Drake Burk and Asher and Arrow Cramer mashed singles as the Lakers were defeated by the Summer Hawks in the ...

“The sacrament of penance is sacred and will remain that way in the Diocese of Spokane.” Seattle Archbishop Paul Etienne echoed this stance, citing canon law, which forbids priests from ...

"In my case, priest privilege and the seal of confession ... covered-up child abuse within the Jehovah's Witness community in Spokane. The reporting brought attention to the fact that, at that ...

SANDPOINT — Cy Marshall continued his hot streak in Game 2, going 2-for-2 with an RBI single and a triple, a run scored and a ...

A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement ...

"Punishing priests for following the Catholic Church's millennia-old faith traditions isn't just wrong, it's unconstitutional ...

The Sacrament of Penance is sacred and will remain that way in the Diocese of Spokane,” Daly said in a statement upon the law’s passage. Priests who refuse to report information about child ...

Hill added that the church cares about protecting children, but said the law is “about punishing priests for keeping ... Diocese of Yakima and Diocese of Spokane, want the new law to be declared ...

The Catholic Bishops of Washington on Thursday asked a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report ...