Sentences with phrase «as allegations of sexual abuse»

As allegations of sexual abuse and harassment have roiled the entertainment industry, awards season has continued apace, albeit with a newfound and unexpected seriousness.

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(As I'm sure Broadsheet readers know, the singer has been the focus of multiple allegations of sexual abuse, sexual coercion, and physical abuse.)

Along the way, the alleged misconduct of his personal life has seeped to the surface, as he has faced allegations of sexual abuse and backlash from his decision to marry Soon - Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his ex-partner, Mia Farrow.

The complainant did not pursue the allegation again until 2012 after several high - profile cases of historical sexual abuse by church figures had broken in Australia and the US, as well as the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Bill O'Reilly, host of cable news» most watched show, has been in hot water as allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse pile up.

In his lengthy piece, Stetzer offers a forensic examination of Patterson's record detailing his intolerance of criticism along with a series indiscretions, including crude public comments about a 16 - year - old girl, scheming against the appointment of David Platt as new president of SBC's International Mission Board and his connection with Paul Pressler, who is now facing a lawsuit for sexual abuse allegations.

«Quite frankly, any time an institution — a Christian institution — responds or defends its behavior as it relates to sexual abuse allegations with quoting laws and hiding behind constitutions, it causes me concern,» said Tchividjian, a law professor and grandson of Billy...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN)- The Catholic Church in Philadelphia will investigate as many as 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in «active ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse,» Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said Wednesday.

A strange report coming out of South Carolina's conservative Christian Bob Jones University, as the school has fired an independent firm they hired to investigate numerous allegations of sexual abuse, just one month before they were scheduled to release their detailed report.

The church investigated 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in «active ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse,» according to Cardinal Justin Rigali.

«The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me,» Pell told reporters last month as he denied the allegations.

As many have wondered why Camille Cosby continues to stand by her husband, Bill, in the wake of so many allegations of sexual abuse — including me — the comedian recently was defended by the woman who played his TV wife, Phylicia Rashad.

But, sadly, as Jerry Sandusky conviction showed, and the new allegations of sexual abuse against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggest, it does happen, perhaps a lot more than people think.

A spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo declined to disclose more information about 42 priests who were identified as having had credible allegations of child sexual abuse brought against them, but he said further disclosures «certainly will be considered» in the future.

Abelove, 48, of Rensselaer, has begun his push as his nemesis, former state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman resigned in disgrace this week over allegations of sexual abuse.

New York lawmakers are set to interview more than a dozen candidates this coming week as possible temporary replacements for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned last week following allegations of sexual abuse.

The Kevin Spacey Allegations, Through the Lens of Power — Spencer Kornhaber unpacks the sexual - assault accusations against the actor as part of a broader social reckoning with the dynamics of abuse.

For the most part, the condemnation of Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey has been near - total, as the two Hollywood figures — whose allegations of serial sexual misconduct set off the industry's current wave of outing its long history of abuse — have seen themselves swiftly shunned from the community that kept its open...

In the fall of 2015, eight officers from the Sûreté du Québec were suspended as a result of 14 allegations of abuse of power, sexual assault and other forms of assault against Indigenous women.

Richard has sat as legal advisor to misconduct panels in numerous cases since 2009 involving allegations of corruption, abuse of power, assaults, thefts, sexual assaults, bullying of junior officers, sexual, homophobic and racial discrimination.

The book addresses in detail the personal and legal crises that frequently occur in high - conflict divorce, such as parental alienation; allegations of domestic violence and child sexual abuse; and undertaking a child custody evaluation.

Assessing allegations of sexual abuse as part of a child custody evaluation is particularly challenging because of the risk if the evaluator is right or wrong.

Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).

Nevertheless, it is clear that the syndrome is not accepted as a scientifically reliable way of telling whether an allegation of sexual abuse is true or false.

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A narcissistic / (borderline) parent will induce or elicit false allegations from the child of sexual abuse victimization by the other parent as a means to exploit these child allegations to achieve power over the situation and the other parent.

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PAS is real, but when someone tries to abuse the system and file a false allegation of it, it is the same as filing a false allegation of physical or sexual abuse.