[urtax$@work]

Bottom Line: Suspicion of abuse should be reported to the law first. The clergy heirarchy , last. There is a sheeple mindset in the congregations of large denominations that you start with the next higher church official in reporting. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[wideawake]

Bottom Line: Suspicion of abuse should be reported to the law first. The clergy heirarchy , last.

Couldn't agree more.

If someone's willing to make an allegation that serious, let him go straight to the law.

I don't see the point of going first to the bishop and then telling the bishop it's his job to report it. What's the motivation of not going directly to the police in the first place?

The only one I can think of is to avoid getting in trouble for making a false complaint.