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Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials.
A man raped his daughter and an LDS bishop stayed silent about the assault. Arizona law allowed him to say nothing. Require clergy to report abuse.
Opinion: A bishop stays silent for years while a girl is being raped. Arizona law allowed him to do it and a key legislator wants to keep it that way.
An Arizona Superior Court judge ruled church officials who knew a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse.
An Arizona Superior Court judge has recently dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.