Bishop William Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane, Washington and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, (L), and Monsignor William Fay, General Secretary of the Conference, (C), listen to Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago and Vice President of the Conference, (R) during the organization’s spring meeting June 15, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Legislation has advanced through the Washington state Senate to make members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect — passing on a unanimous vote.
SB 5280, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), would require clergy to report sexual abuse allegations
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