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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided August 5, 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Luther Jones County Attorney Room 201, City-County Building El Paso, Texas 79901

Re: Whether a minister is required to file a report of child abuse under section 34.07 of the Family Code

Dear Mr. Jones:

You have asked whether section 34.07 of the Family Code requires a clergyman of an established church to report information of suspected child abuse which is confidentially disclosed to him by a parishioner. This section, enacted in 1975, provides:(a) A person commits an offense if the person has cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been or may be…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Jehovah's Witnesses in State of Wash. v. King County Hosp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1967
  5. United States v. Grayson County State Bank and Lloyd Butts, First Pentecostal Church, Etc., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981

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