[Avodah] child abuse and moser

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:35:52PM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: Is reporting child abuse - moser?

As I see it, there are only two possibilities:
1- No,
2- Yes, but (as RDMI) we have no other way to stop the guy, who (as RRW
assumes), is risking the mental health and yir'as Shamayim of his
victims -- thus piqu'ach nefesh.

If #2, then we can ask hutrah or dechuyah. And is there a difference
lemaaseh? where OT1H shemiras halashon limits doing more than the
minimum. Yet OTOH we can't know what that minimum is, as we don't kjnow
until after we create a "qol" how many other victims, the extent of harm
to this one beyond what is known, etc..., and therefore piquach nefesh
argues for a large estimate.

There are questions that make me glad I'm not a poseiq.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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