Tuesday 14 January 2014

Rabbis and Others: Beware of Abuse!

Here is a tidbit of information on this vast subject, shared with me by a friend. Whatever we can do here at Nishma to clean this up, is a plus for our society and for our children
Re: Sexual Abuse -

«Rabbis in the United States should know the degree to which his state's laws categorize him as a mandated reporter -

EG see p. 4 of the Child Welfare Information Gateway which summarizes the various state requirements, with detailed statues on subsequent pages.

NB: While New York State clergy are not mandated reporters, nevertheless, the RCA's position IS to require reporting suspected cases of child abuse to the proper authorities -

http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105641.»

May we all have a Genuine G'ulah - bimheirah b'yameinu
 
Best Regards,
RRW

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