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title: Failure to report child abuse major issue
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# Failure to report child abuse major issue

 Posted by Robert J. Peters on  Oct 11, 2017

The Times West Virginian covered a SHIELD Task Force community panel at Fairmont State University on the barriers to reporting child abuse, the role of mandatory reporters, and the importance of believing children.

[Read at the Times West Virginian](https://www.timeswv.com/news/failure-to-report-child-abuse-major-issue/article_ec159b3c-ae39-11e7-ab99-4342c1550331.html)

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