Bill forcing clergy members to report child abuse passes WA House

Bishop William Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane, Washington and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, , and Monsignor William Fay, General Secretary of the Conference, , listen to Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago and Vice President of the Conference, during the organization's spring meeting June 15, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois.

“The clergy has to report abuse, otherwise we are failing our children,” Rep. Stephanie Barnard said in defense of the altered legislation.SB 5280 “This bill is already a major step forward for protecting children, and my priority is to pass it into law this year in the strongest form we can.” The Washington State Catholic Conference is urging the Legislature to keep the clergy-penitent privilege clause in the bill, claiming it would be a violation of the First Amendment otherwise.

Do we have a similar law for teachers? They commit more child abuse than the clergy.

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