Not sure what’d do.
After the problems a paediatrician had when his/her name +address was put out by a tabloid paper I might hesitate.
However you can be put on the spot.....
I was a teacher and has a child in my class who I knew to be in fostercare. I knew his carers from parents evenings and got on well with them. His care,situation etc was never a problem.
I also went to Church. In the choir was a new member, I knew her well enough to say hello, chat about things. She was in a new relationship with a man known to the Priest and a few others as a convicted paedophile (joe bloggs) . (He’d served his time and had been released) It had been decided that quietly the man would always be quietly shadowed. When on the premises there would always be someone chatting to him and others quietly watching the situation. There were some child based services that he’d been asked bot to attend.
One day I was sent to a multi agency to discuss my pupil’s progress etc.
Sitting in car in the carpark was joe bloggs. Got me wondering.....
I went into the meeting to see the foster carers, social services and the chorister.
What I didn’t know, and had no way of knowing, was that the chorister was the birth mother of the child in my class.
Alarm bells ringing in my head - what should I do? Morally, professionally etc. Do I keep quiet, announce it in the meeting?
I decided to have a quiet word at the end with the foster carers at the end. Turned out they knew, as did social services but were grateful that I’d said. Me - very relieved.
But what you choose to do could well have repercussions one way or another, for those you may know, for those you don’t.
Not easy.