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

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

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

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

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

A new law in Washington requiring clergy to report suspected child abuse, even if revealed during confession, is facing legal challenges from several Catholic bishops, including Spokane's ...

Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by Th ...

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

The bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle and the Dioceses of Spokane and Yakima in Washington, along with ...