How do proposals on mandatory reporting of abuse affect me?
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Safeguarding Briefing Peter Wright
One year on from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) the government has launched a consultation on proposals to deliver one of the Inquiry’s key recommendations: Mandatory reporting. But what does this mandatory reporting duty mean in practice for churches, who would it relate to, and what are some of the challenges to its implementation?
