President Donald Trump will depart the G7 summit in Canada to Washington on Monday night, a day earlier than planned, due to ...

New court filings show several Orthodox churches and a priest are suing the state of Washington and Governor Bob Ferguson over a newly implemented law that requires ...

New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state's Supreme Court ruled ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is ...

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...

Before its passage, victims couldn’t sue after they turned 38. The three plaintiffs were young and vulnerable when they were abused by someone they trusted, their attorneys said. “You can ...

AKRON, Ohio— A Youngstown couple have sued Cuyahoga Falls police over an arrest while they protested outside an abortion clinic. Zachary and Lindsay Knotts say in the lawsuit that police ...

Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by Th ...

Washington state’s Catholic bishops filed a federal lawsuit on May 29, 2025, in Tacoma challenging a new law requiring priests to report suspected child abuse even if learned during confession. The ...

Catholic bishops in Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that requires clergy to report child abuse, even if the information is revealed during confession. The suit, submitted last ...

Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate the confessional seal, calling it “a blatant intrusion” on their First ...