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Washington state has agreed not to force Catholic priests to report confessions of abuse, putting an end to a legal battle over a controversial new state law.

According to an agreement reached in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, state officials accepted a permanent injunction against enforcing the law against “the Catholic Sacrament of Confession and/or any other privileged communication.”

“State Defendants and County Prosecutor Defendants agree not to appeal the Preliminary Injunction order … or to appeal from or otherwise challenge the enforceability or validity of this Stipulated Permanent Injunction Order and Final Judgment, or any other rulings entered to date in this matter by this Court, in this or any other proceedin

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