#MandatoryReporting
Gripping podcast on female-on-male child sexual abuse from @chloehadj.bsky.social - #CSA and the abuse of power damages people, often for years - no ifs and buts. Plus - yet again - the school knew, didn't act. #MandatoryReporting @mandatenow.bsky.social
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy.

He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.

In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.

Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This why we need #MandatoryReporting of #CSA in law, and it should be a criminal offence for any adult to know that abuse is taking place, and not report it to the police.

@lbc.co.uk @lbc.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 11:38 AM
The Associated Press found more than 130 bills over two decades tried to close that loophole and all of them failed.
#MandatoryReporting #ChildSafety
August 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she will force professionals to report Child Sexual Abuse claims

#CSA #MandatoryReporting #IICSA #ChildSafety #ChildProtection #LawReform

England & Wales
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Yvette Cooper says she will force professionals to report child sexual abuse claims
Home secretary announces plans to implement key demand from Jay inquiry in England
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
#Cats are like members of the #family, just like #dogs, why the different treatment when it comes to #mandatoryreporting? Families deserve to know c.org/snCsR2QjQx
Sign the Petition
Mandate Reporting for Cat Deaths Like Dogs
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August 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
‘Somehow it didn't occur to one at that point to bother the police…’ John Thorn, headmaster of Winchester College, on what he did when told that John Smyth was abusing dozens of pupils. @mandatenow.bsky.social #mandatoryreporting www.thetimes.com/article/cf65...
Winchester College ‘cover-up’ left abuser John Smyth at large
Public school apologises unreservedly for its part in the John Smyth case, which led to Justin Welby’s resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury last week
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:53 AM
The Queensland government has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the State's child abuse #MandatoryReporting laws.

#CSA Child Sexual Abuse #DontTurnAway

"Not only is it the right thing to do, it’s the law."

Meanwhile in Blighty, the Government has tabled pretend Mandatory Reporting
Don’t Turn Away From Child Sexual Abuse
The Queensland government has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the state’s child abuse mandatory reporting laws.
https://www.ama.com.au/qld/news/Don’t-Turn-Away-From-Child-Sexual-Abuse
March 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On Monday the Commons discusses legislation for #mandatoryreporting of child sexual abuse - at last.
But the bill currently is useless - it must be a crime to fail to report evidence OR suspicion of abuse. As in most countries
Otherwise, the scandals and the misery will go on.
tinyurl.com/4uy8jufk
Importance of Mandatory Reporting - Jonathan West - Director of Mandate Now - Seen & Heard
Mandatory reporting must include known AND suspected child sexual abuse, a CRIMINAL SANCTION for failing to report and protection for those making reports
seenheard.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
April 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I hope this new legislation will have the depth and width required to protect children
#MandatoryReporting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Am I the only person who thinks mandatory reporting is an awful idea? I’d have never uttered a word if it had existed when I was a child, I barely didn’t anyway because I didn’t think it would stay confidential.

Anyone know if any papers on its success/downfalls? #VWAG #CSA #mandatoryreporting
January 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Washington's new clergy mandatory reporting law takes effect today — but Catholic and Orthodox priests get legal reprieve through court injunctions.
📖 Full story: bit.ly/4kVl07t
#ChildSafety #WashingtonState #ClergyAbuse #MandatoryReporting #ReligiousFreedom
Washington's child abuse reporting law begins, but priests get legal breather - FāVS News
Washington’s new clergy child abuse reporting law goes into effect July 27, but Catholic and Orthodox priests secure temporary exemptions
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#MandatoryReporting - Cllr Garratt leader of @cityhalltories.bsky.social asks good questions in stark contrast to Alex Burghart's contribution to #bbclaurak. Volunteers are not addressed in the Bill. Prescribed persons being whistleblowers has merit, and no crime for not reporting = pretend law /1
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If only Parliament debated the Crime and Policing Bill with as much vigour, for the sake of the 200,000 children who are abused each year. After all, their lives should be at least as important as the dignity for those nearing the end of their lives. #mandatenow #mandatoryreporting
May 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#MandatoryReporting Unreported CSA is significant yet @damedianajohnson.bsky.social has no idea why a criminal offence for failing to report is vital. With law, a referral is a neutral act for the reporter. Also, the 'interference' claim doesn't provide detriment protection for the reporter 🧵 /1
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There is nothing good to say paras 45 - 54 (to introduce alleged #mandatoryreporting of child sexual abuse) in the Crime and Policing Bill. 2nd reading happened yesterday.

Here are a couple of further observations.

You can read more about its inadequacies in this thread: bsky.app/profile/tom-...
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The 20 child abuse inquiry proposals - what has happened so far? [Short answer = SFA]

#IICSA #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #ChildSafety #ChildProtection #ChildWelfare #Policing #Safeguarding #MandatoryReporting #LawReform

England and Wales
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 20 child abuse inquiry recommendations - what has happened so far?
A seven-year inquiry into the sexual abuse of children was published in 2022 - what has happened since?
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Three women who were senior management of a pre-school found guilty of covering up the #SexualAssault of a two-year-old girl by a cook who worked there.

#MandatoryReporting #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #AbuseInCare #ChildProtection #Safeguarding

Singapore
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/co...
Three women found guilty of covering up sexual assault of 2-year-old girl by pre-school cook
They were the principal, vice-principal and executive director of the pre-school. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget

#CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Coverup #Safeguarding #MandatoryReporting #SpiritualAbuse #Trauma

Old Apostolic Lutheran Church
MN
USA
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Excellent journalism documented the terror of false #childabuse allegations, the confusion of poverty with “neglect” the harm of #mandatoryreporting and other predations of #childwelfare We have links to some of the best of that journalism in our Year-in-Review: www.nccprblog.org/2024/12/nccp...
NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two
For part one, which illustrates how the horror stories go in all directions, click here . If you don't see links to particular stories, hove...
www.nccprblog.org
December 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but in New Zealand it is not mandatory for them to know how to respond or report it.

#ChildSafety #ChildProtection #MandatoryReporting

Aotearoa New Zealand
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Call for mandatory child protection training for teachers
Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but it is not mandatory for them to know how to...
www.odt.co.nz
December 30, 2024 at 9:27 AM