Most require health workers, particularly doctors, to report abuse cases.
It is nearly impossible to provide evidence for many of these historical abuse cases.
"But 80 percent of the abuse cases that come in are from Mexicans."
Its members met with him last month, before the latest release of church files on abuse cases.
It leads to some of the most outrageous abuse cases.
The shelter gets two to three severe abuse cases a week, according to the officials who run it, and often many more.
He has also had to deal with sexual abuse cases which involved a number of priests, both living and deceased.
The church has a firm framework for handling sexual abuse cases.
In 9 out of 10 sexual abuse cases, men are the victimizers.