tom-perry.bsky.social
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IRE has a limp form of MR law with no sanction for failing to report. It's a 'pretend' version of law which is de rigueur in NW European jurisdictions.
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The alleged mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse section in the Crime + Policing Bill is entirely voluntary despite appearances.
Employers, who have an interest in abuse going unreported within their organisation, are the only people able to refer non-reporters to the DBS!! And prosecution?
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Already here in the UK there are two laws that override the seal of the confessional (i) Anti terrorist legislation and (ii) s.330 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. (money laundering). This contribution to IICSA raises both. The Govt has tabled pretend mandatory reporting audioboom.com/posts/672183...
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An example of pre/post MR data in a single profession and jurisdiction. MR of CSA was extended to education in NSW in 1987. This outcome is consistent across all Aus jurisdictions. WA was the last State to intro MR in 2009 largely due to a recalcitrant Govt that made similar claims to Burghart 2/2
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PS : Amendments to the Policing and Crime Bill 2025 that would make the Mandatory Reporting chapter an effective piece of legislation | I'd prefer to see Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson's live Private Members Bill for MR law. It has precedent in multiple jurisdictions mandatenow.org.uk/amendments-t...
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The Labour Government’s Useless Child Sexual Abuse Reporting Law. 2/2
mandatenow.org.uk/the-labour-g...
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For interest, David :
The govt’s “mandatory reporting” bill is designed NOT to help abused children mandatenow.org.uk/the-govts-ma...
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This may interest you. The ACMS study had 8,500 participants. This is the impact of #CSA/CSE on abusees (forgive me, I don't like the commonly used terminology). The cost of the crime is huge, as you may choose to read. So why do all Govts fail to introduce functioning safeguarding? www.acms.au
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The link to ST article without paywall: archive.today/IoLbB