[Notwithstanding]

Legally: It all depends upon whether the law requires the principal to report it, and whether a law GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO ALL PEOPLE, and not specific to clergy requires such reporting.

Morally: of course, it seems that you would report this unless there was some compelling reason not to.

As to the "Cardinal" as middle name: it is tradition - and it is fading in the media, although formally that word still is the "middle name" of a cardinal.

[agrace]

Thanks, from reading your other related responses on this thread, I got the gist of it, that being if states individually pass general laws requiring all to report sexual abuse etc, it is applicable to clergy. Makes sense.

And about the Cardinal thing - I really appreciate the feedback. Traditions are funny, I wondered about this one for a while, and I will admit that up until a few years ago, I wasn't sure that Cardinal wasn't ACTUALLY John O'Connor's middle name! :) Thanks again for the response.