The reason she didn't report it was completely second hand knowledge with no proof. We knew there were reports made on multiple occasions. But for whatever reasons that I don't know, nothing has ever been done to him. However, if I allowed him into my home around children knowing what I knew, even if I think I could keep everybody safe, she was totally not comfortable. She felt I would knowingly allow him around my child. She was looking out for my child as well as myself. With my abuse history and such it would destroy me. She said if anything happened to my daughter she felt she would have greatly failed as a therapist and failed me She was a therapist for 40 years and worked a lot with sex abuse victims so she knew her responsibilities not only legally but morally. She also knew how crappy the system is on my area.

We had been discussing my brother and she was strongly encouraging me to break the contact. I was dragging my feet. She didn't mention closing her business until after severing contact. As far as mentioning being a mandated reporter that happened during a series of emails when some where received and read out of order. So it was also after I actually sent my brother the text. But yeah I was angry with her for a while and we talked about it for a while before I understood her reasoning.