It is not our job in this world to met out punishment or revenge. ?? ??? ??? ???? – Hashem will make sure every person gets exactly what they deserve, from the Nazis to the child predators. Our job is to follow Hashem’s halachos, and the laws of mesirah are (at least in theory) pretty unambiguous – it is assur to hand over a Jew to the secular authorities, unless it is clear that he poses a danger to others. And while a proven abuser will indeed fall into this category, that leads us to probably the most thorny issue of the subject: What is considered adequate halachic proof that a person is an abuser? What if its just one person’s word against another’s?
charliehall:
“if you are a mandated reporter in the US, you can’t ask a shilah and you must report”
Just out of curiosity, what would you do if the US government mandated chillul Shabbos?
Syag Lchochma:
“you are 100% right about what SHOULD be, but unfortunately you are wrong about real life, how things are dealt with and what actually happens”
I don’t think anybody here was trying to describe how these matters are actually dealt with, and the unimaginable pain and suffering that those involved nebach go through. This is indeed very much a discussion of theory, of what the reactions “SHOULD be”.