Jehovah’s Witnesses covered up child sexual abuse in Washington state for decades, lawsuit alleges Blog Post
By Wilson Criscione / InvestigateWest They were in the Bible study room when Deryk Terril,…
WA bill requiring clergy to report child abuse dies in House committee Blog Post
Committee rejected a compromise with Catholic lobbyists that survivors argued “protects abusers” By Wilson Criscione…
WA lawmakers introduce bill requiring clergy to report child abuse, one year after similar bill died over Catholic opposition Blog Post
Lawmakers hope a compromise will get Catholic lobbyists on board By Wilson Criscione / InvestigateWest…
InvestigateWest’s reporting honored at NW journalism contest Blog Post
InvestigateWest won eight awards in the 2022 Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. The annual contest,…
WA’s bill to require clergy to report child abuse dies after Catholics refuse compromise on confessions Blog Post
Washington’s mandatory reporter law is one of the weakest when it comes to clergy By…
Catholic officials oppose WA bill requiring clergy to report child abuse if it doesn’t exempt confessions Blog Post
By Wilson Criscione / InvestigateWest As state lawmakers look to advance legislation that would require…
WA lawmakers propose bill requiring clergy to report child abuse, citing InvestigateWest reporting Blog Post
By Wilson Criscione / InvestigateWest In response to InvestigateWest reporting on Jehovah’s Witnesses covering up…
How Washington state law lets clergy hide child sexual abuse Blog Post
Clergy in the state have no obligation to report child abuse By Wilson Criscione /…
