The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church offered services to Toledo residents for over 100 years before its closure in January. The diocese decided to demolish the parish after it was determined there was ...

Keywords: diocese of toledo closed churches bishop daniel thomas religious freedom Matthew McDonald Matthew McDonald is a staff reporter for The National Catholic Register and the editor of New ...

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in ...

It does not protect what people say in confession. The Catholic Church has long sought an exception for what priests hear in a confessional and say without it the law puts them at risk of ...

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson launched an investigation last year into whether charitable donations to Catholic churches were used to conceal or facilitate sexual abuse. After the ...