Writing this post from a friend's perspective who is having an awful time, but will write the post in the first person:
A child in my family (11) has told me multiple times they had been hurt by her parents: hair pulling, slapped, kicked, and also has shown bruises. I went and talk to one of her parents (not the one that hurts her) but they only sided with the abusive parent saying the child was making things up as they are not very mentally sound and been having issues with MH and already having counseling with CAMHS. Other family members have concerns too, one has reported seeing the child out int he rain, and when questioned the child mentioned the abusive parent locks them out of the home, another child in the family witnessed a violent incident when on a playdate at their home which included shoving up the stairs and hitting with closed fist in the arms while shoving the abused child, other family members have reported the child wearing ill fitting dirty clothes and matted hair. I reported the concerns and now the non abusive parent is furious, saying I lied and that I crossed a line and obviously unhappy to have some agencies questioning them, although they say the agencies had told them "they have zero concerns, but they have to investigate". The abused child is now goin back on their version of events and saying me and the other witness are not being truthful and that they don't know what we are talking about... I feel like my duty is to believe the children and protect the abused child and that perhaps they are being scare/coerced into changing the story. So was I unreasonable to report?