Roman Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a ...

Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children ...

Taken as a whole, our visit was a feast for the senses and a tonic to the soul. By the time we returned home, it felt like we ...

The law, adopted during the 2025 legislative session, has sparked a federal lawsuit, an investigation by the Department of Justice over claims of anti-Catholic bias and vows by Catholic leadership in ...

North Idaho pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts in total. Hansen tallied six strikeouts over just 2.1 frames in relief while ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Washington state law forcing clergy members to report child abuse, even if revealed ...

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction for Washington Roman Catholic priests exempting them from a law that would require them break the seal of confession and report ...

A judge halted a Washington law from taking effect that would compel clergy to report child abuse or neglect, no matter how ...

A federal judge on Friday blocked a Washington state law requiring Catholic priests to report suspected child abuse or ...

U.S. District Judge David Estudillo ruled that the new law, previously set to take effect July 27, singled out clergy for ...

A law that was to take effect July 27 would have required priests to break penitent privilege to report suspected child abuse ...