The DOJ filed legal action over a law that requires clergy to report instances of child abuse or neglect, claiming the law is "anti-Catholic."

The federal government is suing Washington state over a new law that some Catholic priests refuse to follow. Senate Bill 5375, signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson last month, adds clergy to the list of mandatory reporters of sexual abuse.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Washington state over a new law, Senate Bill 5375, which makes clergy members mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, even when such information is disclosed in confession.