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Abuse Case Tests Ohel?s Adherence To Reporting Laws

By "eAdvocate"

2-23-2011 New York: Counselors, higher-ups at Brooklyn social service agency grapple with reporting of abuse to secular authorities. An inside look at an agonizing treatment process involving a mother and her young son. As the story of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox community has unfolded over the last several years, the issue of when, and even whether, to report such allegations to law enforcement has emerged as perhaps the most important and the most complicated. One of the focal points of this debate ? report to secular authorities or deal with the problem from inside the community ? has become Ohel Children?s Home and Family Services, a social service agency based in Brooklyn. Ohel has earned high praise in the community for the services it provides for foster children...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).