In Ri, One Law for Reporting Child Abuse, Two Different Interpretations

By Elisabeth Harrison & Chuck Hinman
Rhose Island Public Radio
February 18, 2016

http://ripr.org/post/ri-one-law-reporting-child-abuse-two-different-interpretations

Sexual abuse allegations, and a failure to report them at St. Geoge's School in Middletown, have raised questions about what authority state agencies have to take action.

In the aftermath of allegations of past sexual abuse of students by employees at St. George’s School in Middletown, the school has been accused of violating Rhode Island’s duty to report law for abused and neglected children.

But, as Rhode Island Public Radio’s Elisabeth Harrison first reported, this law is not as clear as it appears to be.

Harrison joins host Chuck Hinman for an update on the situation, and a look at the reporting law in Massachusetts.