Washington joins six other states in denying privilege for confidential communications about sexual abuse in the confessional ...

The law might lead to Orthodox priests getting kicked out of the priesthood if they comply with it.

Officials with Orthodox Churches in the United States have filed a lawsuit against a Washington state measure requiring ...

More than 20 years after claims of child sexual abuse rocked the Catholic Church, states are still figuring out who can be ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several former New York State correction officers are suing the state and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to get their jobs back.

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 ...

Catholic leaders in Washington have sued the state over a new law requiring clergy ... The lawsuit, filed last week on behalf of the bishops, alleges Senate Bill 5375, which was signed into ...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said he plans to impose "large scale fines" on California as his Justice Department threatened to sue the state's public schools after a transgender athlete ...