The article stresses that universal mandatory reporting laws require all adults to report suspected child abuse, but many states lack proper training. Without clear guidance and education, these laws ...

SEATTLE — Washington state Catholic bishops are suing the state over a new law that requires clergy members to be mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. The Catholic church's top bishops in ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge indicated Monday that he will likely issue a preliminary injunction against Washington's law designating members of the clergy as mandatory reporters of sex abuse.

TACOMA, Wash — On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled a Washington law that would make clergy members mandatory reporters of abuse cannot be enforced, at least for now. "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the ...