Catholic priests are pushing back against a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse to law ...

Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because ...

Two women abused by a paedophile priest in the 1970s are pursuing the Catholic Church for compensation, but a High Court ...

The National Secular has welcomed commitments from the Government that there will be no religious exemptions to a proposed ...

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

Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute ...

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

San Diego County officials are being inundated with lawsuit after lawsuit alleging heinous behavior by social workers — men ...

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

A part-time church employee who coordinated altar servers at a Queens parish was arrested earlier this month after an abuse ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...