School Fined for Not Reporting Sex Abuse

In among all the crummy news today, there is this item:

School Fined for Not Reporting Sex Abuse
US News
Monday, April 25, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The elite Groton School pleaded guilty Monday to failing to report students' sexual abuse complaints to the state.

Groton officials entered the plea on the day the case was scheduled to go to trial. The school was fined $1,250 and avoided a public airing of damaging testimony. [...]

I don't know the state law in Massachusetts, but it probably is similar to the law in Michigan.  Here, all suspected abuse must be reported, even if there is "not enough information."  In this post, I remind or inform readers of the circumstances in which it is legally required to make a report, and show why there are no excuses.  I also let people know how to make a report, at least if they live in Michigan; the process should be similar in all states.  Continue reading here.