STEPHEN, you missed my point. My point is is that reasonable suspicion exists long before any Bishop learns of it, and the people who have that suspicion do nothing with it.  Remember, mandated reporter laws only require suspicion. They do not necessarily have to be visually witnessing the abuse.  Your righteous indignation is seriously misplaced.  My own abuse could have been nipped in the bud by one set of parents. It could have been further prevented by two sets of parents and the doctor that treated the visible injuries resulting from the abuse.   The reaction of everyone involved was to simply take me to the doctor to have the injuries treated and sweep it under the rug and forget about it.  There was a Baptist church involved  that may have had suspicions. There was a junior high school involved that may have had suspicions. By your guys mindset, I need to be suing the Baptist Church on the school district, and blaming them, correct?