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Trump administration intervenes to help block law requiring priests to report child abuse revealed in confessions
The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between prison and excommunication
WA state law requiring clergy to report child abuse on hold
A federal judge in Tacoma on Friday blocked a law that would have required priests to break penitent privilege to report suspected child abuse.
Federal court blocks WA's clergy abuse reporting law
A federal court blocked Washington's new law requiring priests to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession, arguing it singles out Catholics and violates their “sacramental seal.”
Federal judge blocks WA law requiring clergy members to report confessions
Last month, the Justice Department filed legal action against the State of Washington over Washington Senate Bill 5375, which requires members of the clergy to report known child abuse.
Judge grants injunction against Washington law requiring clergy to report child abuse
Catholic leaders in Washington filed a lawsuit, claiming the law would require them to break the seal of confession or be jailed.
Judge temporarily blocks law that would make clergy members report abuse
A federal judge has ruled to temporarily block a Washington state law that would force clergy members to report child abuse, even if it's revealed during a confession. It comes after members of the Catholic Church,
Judge blocks Washington state law requiring Catholic priests to report abuse, even if disclosed in confession
The State arguably could have chosen a less restrictive means of advancing its interest in protecting children from abuse and neglect by adding members of the clergy to the list of mandated
Court Blocks Washington Requirement that Clergy Report Child Abuse, Even Learned from Confessions
From today's opinion by Judge David G. Estudillo (W.D. Wash.) in Etienne v. Ferguson: At present, Washington clergy who
Catholic bishops trash Trump's Big Beautiful Bill passing
The bill contains cuts to welfare programs "that protect God's creation," says the head of the U.S. bishops' conference.
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Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for suspending refugee assistance
(RNS) — You might think that an administration that has made 'religious liberty' a battle cry would respect the mission of the nation's largest religious body.
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Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for ‘pulling the rug out ...
Catholic leadership in the United States is suing Donald Trump ’s administration to reverse the president’s abrupt suspension of tens of millions of dollars in funding for refugee resettlement ...
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US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for ...
Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the ...
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How will the Catholic bishops deal with the new Trump administration?
(RNS) — The American Catholic bishops, like everyone else in the United States, must figure out how to respond to the incoming second Trump administration, not least because Trump II’s top ...
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'Really corrupt': Church accuses Trump administration of committing 'domestic terrorism'
Delegates at the United Church of Christ’s (UCC) 35th General Synod overwhelmingly passed an emergency resolution this week, ...