Mandatory Reporting

“Mandatory reporting laws, how they’ve changed, and what falls under clergy-penitence.” - MinistryWatch

“Doe alleges that GCC leadership attempted to conceal Jung’s abusive behavior despite being legally required to report such abuse to authorities and told her to ‘submit’ to Jung’s authority as he continued to abuse her and their children.” - CPost

Boz Tchividjian: “Quite frankly… there’s no equivalent in the Protestant Church….The equivalent to the Sacrament of Confession in the Protestant world is me sitting in my office and confessing.” - MinistryWatch

“This week marks the anniversary of when Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian academic institution based in South Carolina, was found not guilty of violating sex crime reporting laws [2015].” - CPost

“Ministry leaders should recognize that after CPS has been notified, it is important to continue support to a victim and their caretaker by ensuring that the victim still feels welcomed by the church community.” - Baptist Press

“According to the church, all information about child sexual abuse passed from church members to their bishops is confidential under the clergy-penitent privilege, and all information passed from the Helpline to church attorneys is confidential under the attorney-client privilege.” - RNS

“As a pediatrician-turned-pastor, I believe reporting suspected child harm is our civic and Christian duty.” - CToday

“This issue is at the heart the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, a bill making its way through New York state Legislature that, if passed, would make clergy mandated reporters.” - RNS

“Implications for church leaders loom as Montana reverses $35M judgment and other states continue tightening reporting laws.” - Christianity Today

“Currently, clergy are considered mandatory reporters in about half of all states. But even those laws vary because of the unique nature of pastoral care. Some states that include clergy as mandatory reporters exempt pastors from that requirement if abuse is disclosed or discovered during ‘pastorally privileged conversations.’” - Church Leaders