Dear marajade,
If you want to go researching, go help yourself. I'm not going to do the legwork for you.
"If I remember correctly, for most social worker types, reporting abuse was mandatory upon condition of employment."
It's the law. Now, at least. It wasn't always.
"Still doesn't answer why the Church ignored Romans 13:1."
Actually, it vitiates one of the premises of your false statement. As well, others have adequately addressed most of the other false premises therein.
sitetest
Actually the condition of employment that abuse be reported by social worker types is in support of Romans 13:1 is it not?