A judge granted the plaintiffs' request to block a state law that would require religious leaders to report abuse allegations ...

Jim Walsh, a state lawmaker from Aberdeen and chair of the Washington State Republican Party, filed Initiative to the ...

In a recent ruling, a federal judge blocked a Washington law that would have forced clergy to report child abuse disclosed during confessions, upholding the sanctity of religious practices.

A Washington state law requiring religious officials to report child abuse allegations is temporarily unable to be applied to ...