Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted law that compels priests to report suspected child abuse revealed during ...

Etienne released a statement from the Archdiocese of Seattle pushing back against the law ... clergy as the only people who can’t rely on legal privileges as a defense of mandatory reporting.

But some legal experts say there's nothing nefarious ... In Washington, the Archdiocese of Seattle refused to turn over documents that it said would violate the privacy of victims.

School principal Jamara Clark was surprised he’d never heard of accusations against Banner and that ... did that with Bernas. But the Seattle Archdiocese said it had no record of being notified ...

More than 300 priests who worked in the archdiocese in Los Angeles have been accused in public records of sexually abusing minors. In what could be the closing chapter in a landmark legal battle ...

The new claims follow a failed effort by the state to subpoena the Seattle Archdiocese for documents related to sexual abuse allegations. Dozens of child sex abuse cases have been brought against ...

The Seattle Archdiocese ... will face specious legal investigations motivated by bigotry rather than a quest for justice. But that risk must be reasonably weighed against the need to protect ...

A judge ruled July 12 that the Washington state attorney general does not have legal authority to enforce a subpoena for clergy abuse records against the Archdiocese of Seattle, specifically ...

This comes after a Washington State judge rejected Attorney General Bob Ferguson's request to enforce a subpoena against the Seattle Archdiocese over its handling of sexual abuse cases.

The exterior of the Archdiocese of Seattle's Pastoral Center, located in the Paul Pigott Building in Seattle, is seen July 16, 2024. (OSV News photo/Jean Parietti, Northwest Catholic) A judge ruled ...

NEW YORK – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has said he will appeal a judge’s decision to reject his request to enforce a subpoena against the Archdiocese of Seattle in a clergy sex ...