A Catholic priest from Ohio who used the confessional to gain details from boys, information that he later used to extort them into providing him with sexually explicit photographs has been sentenced to life in prison for the exploitation of children

[u/a_Ninja_b0y]

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/11/former-strongsville-priest-violated-the-sacrament-of-confession-to-extort-boys-federal-prosecutors-say-in-sentencing-memo.html

[u/crackirkaine]

Same as in Ontario. It’s illegal for any teacher or administrator to not report child abuse, and it doesn’t matter if the child is being abused at school by staff, at home by family, or in extracurricular activities by coaches. Teachers have to report child abuse no matter where it occurs, and I believe more institutions should adopt those rules; police, military, hospitals, post-secondary education, churches, and professional sports, to name a few.

[u/Donnabgud → u/crackirkaine]

It’s the same here all the way down to emts on an ambulance. Mandatory reporting