Montana and Washington are among the states seeking to compel clergy to disclose abuse revealed to them in the context of the ...

While most states include clergy on the list of mandated reporters, Washington is one of few states where they're not ...

She said a similar bill she sponsored last year, but that included that carve-out to keep clergy from breaking the “seal of confession,” fell apart in the House after a revelation during the ...

The decision was a blow to prosecutors pursuing the longest-running death-penalty case in the military commission system.

The bill asks the priest to choose between criminal penalties or giving up his lifelong vocation. And that’s the type of activity that the First Amendment is designed to protect against.” ...

Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the ...

The Washington State Legislature is considering a bill to make clergy members in the state mandatory reporters of child abuse ...

Senate Bill 5375 would require priests and other clergy to report child abuse and neglect. Washington State Senator Noel ...