The Department of Justice is suing the state of Washington over a law that compels priests to reveal certain information they ...

The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect ...

The administration is supporting an effort by Catholic bishops who are fighting the law over concerns that it conflicts with ...

President Donald Trump's Justice Department announced on Monday that it was taking legal action against a new law in ...

Now, the Orthodox Church in America and three other branches of Orthodox churches are filing a separate lawsuit over the law, ...

The Trump administration has joined litigation against Washington state over a recently passed law that requires Catholic ...

The Justice Department is filing legal action against WA over a law requiring the clergy to report known child abuse, even if ...

Washington’s new law was targeted by Trump’s justice department last month, and on Monday, DOJ lawyers argued it violates ...

DOJ said it is intervening in Etienne v. Ferguson, a lawsuit filed by Catholic bishops in Washington state who filed a ...

The seal of confidentiality is ... the lifeblood of confession. Without it, the free exercise of the Catholic religion cannot ...