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 ...

A judge in Washington state on Friday rejected the state attorney general’s request to enforce a subpoena against the Archdiocese of Seattle as part of an ongoing investigation into sex abuse.

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 ...

SEATTLE — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his ...

(The Center Square) – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is asking a court to enforce a subpoena against the Catholic Church’s Seattle Archdiocese in an effort to obtain documents ...

Ferguson’s office said it’s also prepared to seek court orders against ... The Seattle Archdiocese had been given until May 10 to comply with Ferguson’s latest subpoena but notified the ...

In May, he requested a hearing with a judge after saying the Seattle Archdiocese had refused to comply with the subpoena. In a statement Friday, the Seattle Archdiocese said it was willing to ...

Ferguson said his office is taking the Archdiocese to court to enforce a subpoena ... but the Seattle Archdiocese has refused to respond. Ferguson said he plans to take action against the Yakima ...

Advertising The Attorney General’s Office does not typically discuss ongoing investigations, but did so Thursday because it is taking legal action against the Archdiocese of Seattle, Ferguson said.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson this week announced legal action against the Archdiocese of Seattle over what ... “enforce its investigative subpoena” and that the court ...