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

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ ... Kniffin praised Washington state’s bishops for publicly committing to safeguard the seal of confession but also warned that “it ...

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

For example, a California man ... in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to ...

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

Flores’ arrest is the result of the justice department’s Operation Restore Justice, which resulted in the rescue of 115 ...

The new law does not make room for an exemption if knowledge of the suspected abuse comes to light through the Catholic sacrament of confession.

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires ... Meanwhile, the Department of Justice called the law "anti-Catholic" in ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has stepped up its defense of religious liberty under the Trump administration. In the past ...

Earlier this year, a jury found Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk guilty of felony deprivation of rights by use ...