Task Force Releases Report on Child Sex Abuse Prevention in Missouri
By: Missouri News Horizon
Updated: January 3, 2013
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) A governor's task force on preventing sexual abuse finds that what happened at Penn State could also happen here in Missouri.
State Representative Marsha Haefner of St. Louis says Missouri law allows for a layer between a mandated reporter and law enforcement or child welfare agencies.
"They can report the information they have to others in their organization, who then will determine if a report is going to be made or not. This was the failure in the system in Pennsylvania and current mIssouri law allows the potential for this failure too," said Haefner.
Haefner says she will introduce legislation to get rid of that loophole.
In all the, the task force report lays out 22 recommendation for protecting children from sexual abuse in Missouri.
Read the full report here.
"They can report the information they have to others in their organization, who then will determine if a report is going to be made or not. This was the failure in the system in Pennsylvania and current mIssouri law allows the potential for this failure too," said Haefner.
Haefner says she will introduce legislation to get rid of that loophole.
In all the, the task force report lays out 22 recommendation for protecting children from sexual abuse in Missouri.
Read the full report here.
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