Even though more than half the states require clergy to report abuse, most do not require clergy members to disclose allegations made in private, under what is called “clergy-penitent privilege.” Virginia is the latest state to consider including clergy as mandatory reporters of child abuse but there, too, legislation would exempt such private communications.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/01/24/clergy-child-abuse-reporting-laws-uneven-leave-loopholes
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/01/24/clergy-child-abuse-reporting-laws-uneven-leave-loopholes
