[Will88]

The moral and legal responsibility of every Christian — and especially every Christian leader and minister — must be to report any suspicion of the abuse of a child to law enforcement authorities. Christians are sometimes reluctant to do this, but this reluctance is both deadly and wrong.

The writer went off the tracks there. No, people should not report any suspicion of child abuse to law enforcement. The Penn State case was not suspicion, but more than one instance of eye witnesses to abuse and other very inappropriate, observed behaviors with young boys.

Reporting any suspicion can create injustices almost as severe in the opposite direction by practically ruining the lives of people who are falsely accused of such a stigmatizing crime. There needs to be a higher standard for the decision to contact law enforcement than suspicion.

Otherwise a good article.

[This Just In]

It’s always refreshing to read comments from Freepers who completely understand the issues and ramifications.

[fortheDeclaration]

It should be any REASONABLE suspicion.

A boy in a shower with a grown man is a reasonable suspicion.