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 ...

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

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

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

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

the new provision adds clergy to the list of professions required to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement. It does not protect what people say in confession. The Catholic Church has ...

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 ...

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

Survivors of abuse by clergy members are defending a new Washington law against accusations from the U.S. Department of ...