State law outlines an extensive list of people — with varying levels of contact with children — who are required to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or the state’s Department ...

The Justice Department's lawsuit backed the Catholic leaders in a legal filing on Monday, arguing the law "unlawfully targets clergy and, specifically, Catholic priests" and "directly interferes with ...

Professionals and others in positions of trust in relation to children will face a duty to report child sexual abuse (CSA). Home secretary Yvette Cooper announced yesterday that the government would ...

The state’s law enforcement overseers have removed the certification of a police sergeant over his alleged failure to report the rape of a 14-year-old student by another officer while both ...

Questions from both opposition parties centred around the issue of duty to report, which is the legal obligation for anyone to report a suspected case of child abuse to authorities as soon as ...