A Delaware judge is considering the constitutionality of a state law
that exempts priests from being required to report suspected child abuse
disclosed during confessions – and, if the law is constitutional,
whether it should protect elders in a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation.
The Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against the Laurel Delaware Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses last year alleging two elders failed to report to state authorities a sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were members of the congregation.
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/11/09/judge-weighs-religious-exemption-child-abuse-reporting/75452974/
The Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against the Laurel Delaware Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses last year alleging two elders failed to report to state authorities a sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were members of the congregation.
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/11/09/judge-weighs-religious-exemption-child-abuse-reporting/75452974/