Last week, Gov. Robert Ferguson (D-WA) signed a law that requires clergy members to be mandated reporters, or those who are required to report suspected child abuse. The new law does not make room ...

Clergy are considered mandated reporters in a majority of states, meaning they are legally obligated to report to authorities if they suspect a child is being abused. In most states, however ...

The hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All adults are mandated reporters in Indiana. A Brownsburg day care center knew about sexual abuse allegations against an employee for ...

"I really wonder about all the children who have been abused and neglected and have gone unprotected by the adults in their lives because we didn't have a mandated reporter law and that we ...

With Washington’s new law, priests and other clergy members are now mandated reporters. That means they’re obligated to share any information on potential child abuse they become aware of.

Unlike most states, Washington's law includes clergy as mandatory reporters even if the information was learned through confession. This aspect of the law has prompted concerns from religious ...

State Senate Bill 5375, signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson into law Friday, adds members of the clergy to the list of professionals who are mandated reporters, which means they are required to report ...

The new law that has been signed by Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson adds members of the clergy to the state’s list of mandated reporters of child abuse. That itself is not a big deal, but the law ...

New law requires police to investigate if schools, gyms and other facilities failed to report child abuse allegations against staff members and volunteers. The legislation initially included ...

A YEAR AFTER A MISCONDUCT CLAIM IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL’S BOYS LACROSSE TEAM, THE MANDATED REPORTER IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. WE DO NOT SEE THOSE KINDS OF CASES HERE, BUT THEY CERTAINLY ...

Frame said she herself is a survivor of sexual abuse, which only stopped when she told a mandated reporter, her teacher. "I really wonder about all the children who have been abused and neglected ...