A new state law requires priests to report suspected child abuse, even if they hear the information in confessional.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law May 2 and it will take effect July 27. Under the law, clergy ...

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

Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Want to know how the first American pope might lead the Catholic Church? Look no further than his name. Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Cardinal Robert Prevost's chosen name, Leo XIV, "tells ...

SEATTLE — The archbishop of Seattle ... Taylor: How do you see the election of a new pope shaping the direction of the Catholic Church globally? Etienne: We know we want a man of prayer ...