A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.
An agreement filed Friday aims to resolve key constitutional questions about how far mandatory reporting requirements can ...
In Etienne v. Ferguson, the Archdiocese of Seattle and the dioceses of Spokane and Yakima argued that the new law violated ...
Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child ...
The State of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic priests and the Department of Justice to allow Catholic priests to ...
The state's Catholic bishops previously filed their lawsuit in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate ...
A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...
Catholic and Washington state officials reached an agreement allowing priests to keep the seal of confession without threat of penalty under the law.
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WA will not require priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession
Clergy must still tell authorities of potential mistreatment, but will not have to divulge information they hear in ...
Washington state has dropped its efforts to require clergy to report sexual abuse when the information is revealed during the ...
“Priests have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for upholding the seal of confession,” the state Catholic conference ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Clergy in Washington will remain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, but prosecutors will not ...
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