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

A sexual abuse survivors' group is asking Pope Leo XIV to sign new canon law on sex abuse by priests in the Catholic Church.

The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is ...

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

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

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 has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

The warning comes after the state’s Democrat governor signs a law requiring clergy to report child abuse they hear about in ...

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

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 ...

The Archdiocese of Seattle is taking a stand against a recently passed Washington State law that would force priests to ...

Catholic bishops in Washington state are rejecting a new law that requires clergy ... the Jehovah's Witness church that were preventing information on child abuse from coming out.