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

The Bill offered no exception for the absolute seal of confidentiality ... In a statement, the U.S. Justice Department said the Washington State Senate Bill 5375 “appears on its face to violate ...

California state Sen. Tony Strickland believes policy reforms are warranted after federal authorities intervened in the planned early release of an illegal immigrant.

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 ...

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 ...

The suits, which legal experts say are unprecedented, mark the latest of the Trump administration’s attacks on environmental ...

As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta signaled that California would not let up on ...

California state Sen. Tony Strickland believes policy ... to be released back into the community in July if the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did ...

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.