Mandate Now

Since 2005 we have led the agenda for the introduction of mandatory reporting of suspected + known child sexual abuse by those who work in #RegulatedActivities

[EntheosTuition @EntheosTuition]

@EthicalApproach @mandatenow Morally Derelict Interference

Nicholas Holtam
Bishop of Salisbury

Trashed Chief Inspector Mike Veale’s ‘Operation Conifer’ Report on Edward Heath

Queasily sycophantic Heath apologist
Church of England Newspaper

https://t.co/IL2uilv4BM

@ciabaudo @reeves3915 (RIP) @IanKerr

[Richard Scorer @Richard_Scorer]

England’s new CSA Reporting Law - A close examination of a hollow duty. Damning piece by Tom Perry of @mandatenow on the failings of the government’s so-called mandatory reporting law https://t.co/NXHlWRR8bH

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

Important that abuse survivors have their say on this. Please follow the link below and make your views known.

[Thirtyone:eight @thirtyoneeight]

CLOSING SOON: Take part in a government inquiry collecting evidence on the effectiveness of the current definition of regulated activity with children for faith communities in England and Wales.
Take part now: https://t.co/d560J4ozFN

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

This might explain why the government has chosen to implement a completely ineffective version of Mandatory Reporting, which looks designed not to produce any increase in reports of abused children.

[Rarely Wright @2Rarely]

Police forces in England and Wales are struggling to effectively investigate online Child Sexual Abuse and manage registered sex offenders, as rising demand continues to exceed resources, a new report has found.

#Policing
https://t.co/3bsqIABNdR

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

Or it could be that the government is intent on ensuring that 0.3% figure is not exceeded and so has stated nothing about the duty in the new statutory guidance.

You choose.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

There is a govt consultation out on revisions to "Keeping Children Safe in Education". By the time the new version is published, the new "Duty to Report CSA" in the Crime & Policing Bill will be in force.

But the new draft makes no mention of the new duty. None.

Incredible.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

There are two possible explanations for this. It could be is that communications within government are so bad that the DfE doesn't know what is in a Bill sponsored by the HO even though it contains measures which greatly affect it.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

No Catholic bishop is going to discipline a priest who withholds evidence of child sex abuse obtained in confession, and given Canon Law they are very unlikely to refer a non-reporter to the DBS under any circumstance at all. And there is no consequence on them as a result.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

In UK the Crime and Policing Bill is woefully inadequate when judged against what the churches do. There is a “duty to report” child sex abuse but enforcement is effectively in the hands of employers who may (not must) refer non-reporters to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

[Rarely Wright @2Rarely]

Canon law and #MandatoryReporting of Child Sexual Abuse to civil authorities

#LawReform

Countries would be well advised to follow Australian legislation to overcome deficiencies in #CanonLaw
https://t.co/F2gR1yNrBp

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

@DellasLaw They are being similarly self-congratulatory about implementing the IICSA recommendation on “mandatory reporting” of child sex abuse, except that they left out the “mandatory” bit.

[Richard Scorer @Richard_Scorer]

Silent Witnesses: Good to see @PrivateEyeNews covering the government’s failure to introduce a proper mandatory reporting law

[Lloyd Evans @lloydevansXJW]

My Substack article on @sam_carling_'s rise as a Labour MP who is also an ex-Jehovah's Witness whistleblower and #childsafeguarding advocate (and the numbers that prove he's right) @NatSecSoc @mandatenow @Richard_Scorer @Stephenmevans1 @faith2faithless
https://t.co/qeS4MHh9Wh

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

@GrahamGGrant Very interesting. It will be a surprise if anything comes of it, because there isn't any law requiring people to report suspected child sex abuse. There is a law requiring people to report suspected money laundering (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, sections 330-334).

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

@Beloved71478281 @Richard_Scorer In a strict legal sense they are right in that a public inquiry can’t force Parliament to legislate. But the government did make an unequivocal promise that it accepted at least 4 recommendations “in full” and has gone back on that promise.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

On 16 January 2025, Yvette Cooper (then Home Secretary made the a statement in the Commons about the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA). It was as follows:

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

@MaggieOliverUK “The barrister also said the home secretary had “accepted in full” the four recommendations that relate to her department.”

Not true. The mandatory reporting recommendation was accepted without the mandatory bit. Would be very happy to talk to your legal team about this.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

“The barrister also said the home secretary had “accepted in full” the four recommendations that relate to her department.”

This is not true. You can’t implement mandatory reporting without the criminal sanction proposed by IICSA and then claim you have accepted IICSA “in full”.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

UK government ‘effectively allowed’ child sexual abuse, campaigners say. https://t.co/kKmRKSP3JH

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

The government reneged on that promise. The "Duty to Report" in the Crime and Policing Bill doesn't have a criminal sanction which was the key element of the IICSA recommendation. They have left out the mandatory bit. The duty to report has no plausible enforcement mechanism.

[Mandate Now @mandatenow]

One of those four recommendations was for Mandatory Reporting of child sex abuse, specifically with a criminal sanction for non-reporting.