Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

A new Washington state law that requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect, including when the ...

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement after learning about ...

Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 5375 into law on May 2, which mandates religious leaders including, ...

Pope Leo XIV failed to properly investigate sex abuse claims while in prominent leadership roles in Chicago, victims’ group ...

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called on the pope to enshrine in canon law that the Catholic ...

The Catholic Church is against a new law that was pushed through by Democrats requiring priests to break the confidentiality ...

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in confession.

A new state law in Washington is set to take effect this summer, but members of the Catholic clergy are refusing to comply ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...