The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between ...

"The text of the bill and its legislative history arguably evince the intentional abrogation of a practice that the ...

A man suing X Corp. for $70 million for allegedly violating his civil rights asked the judge recuse himself from the case, ...

U.S. District Judge David Estudillo ruled that the new law, previously set to take effect July 27, singled out clergy for breaking a vow of silence while allowing other professionals to maintain a ...

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

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

A federal judge in Tacoma on Friday blocked a law that would have required priests to break penitent privilege to report ...

A federal judge has halted a Washington state law that required Catholic priests to break the seal of confession. The law that was passed in May, and was slated to go into effect on July 27, mandated ...

The State arguably could have chosen a less restrictive means of advancing its interest in protecting children from abuse and ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of a Washington state law requiring priests to ...

For the band's final album, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler penned a scathing song which took aim at the Catholic Church and its sexual abuse scandal.

Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, ...