Not great timing Donnie.

Noticing a theme here.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2025-07-24T19:37:10.145Z

A federal judge has ruled that Catholic priests in Washington state cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn about through confession after the Trump administration intervened in their favor.

Three Roman Catholic bishops had sued the state government over a new law — SB 5375 — that would extend mandatory abuse reporting rules to the sacrament of confession despite the Church's absolute ban on revealing such secrets.

Last month the U.S. Department of Justice backed them up, arguing the law "deprives Catholic priests of their fundamental right to freely exercise their religious beliefs, as guaranteed under the First Amendment". https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-state-child-abuse-catholic-priests-b2791985.html