PENNSYLVANIA
CBS Philly
By Tony Romeo
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — A task force created by Governor Tom Corbett and state legislative leaders in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal (see related stories) is recommending sweeping changes to Pennsylvania’s child protection laws.
The Task Force on Child Protection calls for, essentially, a complete rewrite of Pennsylvania’s child services law.
For one thing, task force member Jason Kutalakis (far right in photo) notes that in the Penn State situation, suspected child sex abuse was reported up the chain of command at the school rather than to law enforcement authorities.
“This has been changed in these amendments to require the person, the individual who discovers the abuse, to report it immediately to ChildLine,” Kutalakis tells KYW Newsradio.
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