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A confessional is seen in a file photo at the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. The Department of Justice announced May 5, 2025, it was opening a civil rights investigation into a Washington state mandatory reporter bill that it called an "anti-Catholic law" for having no exception for the seal of the confessional. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
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