Posted by Melanie on September 21, 1999, at 17:53:12
In reply to Re: School Officials and Abuse/Neglect of Their Own , posted by Need to remain anonymous on September 18, 1999, at 22:38:27
> Perhaps unlikely, but it is also possible that the counselor wanted to report but was pressured no to by his higher-ups, given that your mother was an elected school official. I speak from experience, having lost a job once when I reported a case to the protective services, against the wishes of my principal.
You brought up an interesting, albeit troubling, dilemma. As human service professionals, medical persons, teachers, ministers, and the like are mandated by law to report, they should thus never be fired for reporting what is in fact found to be abuse (or even something that looks suspicious). But, being in the real world, I know that what is said is not as easily done. I would think you'd have a good lawsuit on your hands, or at least the right to grieve the firing in order to get your job back. It is amazing to me to see the extent to which our society is willing to protect abusers at the expense of the abused.
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