Religion played such a prominent role in the lives of our founding fathers that the freedom to practice whichever one you ...

Proposed Washington state legislation makes members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.

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

The new law that takes effect on July 27 carries penalties of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. It also exposes the priests ...

YAKIMA- The Rev. Msgr. Robert M. Siler, Episcopal Vicar and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Yakima, has released ...

One exception to confidentiality may be risk of serious, imminent risks of harm or abuse.

In recent weeks, Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed numerous employment-related bills, amending employer obligations and employee ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is ...

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

Religious leaders in Washington are taking legal action against a new state law set to take effect next month. The law ...

Washington's new Senate Bill 5375 requires clergy to report child abuse, stirring a federal lawsuit from Catholic bishops ...