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Clergy to become ‘mandatory reporters’ of child abuse under bill now approved by WA Senate and House

PHOTO: State Representative Stephanie Barnard (R-Pasco), left, is overcome with emotion as she urges her colleagues to add ‘clergy member’ to the list of professions mandated by law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. The House approved the measure 75-20, overriding some members’ concerns about constitutional separation of church and state. Click play to hear Corwin Haeck’s report. (PHOTO CREDIT: TVW)

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