Walk It Through: The Report
The adults the Child Protective Services Law lists, a staff member who reports and then tells the person in charge.
A volunteer youth coach has reasonable cause to suspect a player is being abused.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A coach, a school employee and a member of the clergy. What counts as abuse, the immunity a good faith report carries, and the confidentiality of the reporter are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.