Catholic leaders in Washington filed a lawsuit, claiming the law would require them to break the seal of confession or be jailed.
TACOMA, Wash. — Washington’s law that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect, no matter how they learned about it, was put on hold by a federal judge on Friday.
Catholic leaders who filed a lawsuit against the legislation were granted an injunction by Judge David Estudillo with the U.S. District Court of Western Washington. Otherwise, the law would have gone into effect on July 27. They claim the law violates their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion by
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