Santo Niño principal did not alert police of alleged abuse

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : She told a state police officer she had reached out to officials at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe about the incident and was ordered not to alert the state Children, Youth and Families Department or any law enforcement agency, according to a redacted copy of the report, provided by an attorney representing the child's family, "as it did not yet rise to that level of notification."
38% : Charlie Moore-Pabst, a spokesperson for the state Children, Youth and Families Department, said if the agency had received such a complaint, it would have passed information about the incident -- regardless of its severity -- to law enforcement because the child welfare agency only handles investigations into concerns of abuse or neglect by parents and guardians.

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