Tag: child abuse

Washington’s new clergy reporting law sparked debate over child protection vs. religious freedom. Here’s how the state’s final decision reshaped both.

WA lawmakers passed a bill ending clergy-penitent privilege in child abuse cases and listing clergy as mandatory reporters, sending it to the governor after a 3-year push.

Historic documentary “Sugarcane” is the first Oscar-nominated film by a North American Indigenous filmmaker, shedding light on residential school abuse.

I recently came across a legal alert from a Christian organization that directs pastors who learn of suspected child abuse to first conduct their own internal investigation “to decide whether the situation requires reporting to the authorities.”