Sentences with phrase «act of abuse»

But we're seeing more violent acts of abuse than ever before.

Interestingly, the UK case draws precedent from a Canadian Supreme Court Case, Doe v. Bennett and others (2004), in which a bishop was found vicariously liable for the actions of a priest who had committed acts of abuse against young boys in his parish.

I believe it is possible for people who have engaged in acts of abuse in the past to learn to work with their partner in healthy ways by learning how to communicate their attachment needs and how to heal and repair any damage or trauma in their past that may have led to the development of abusive or violent tendencies.

(CNN)- The Vatican announced on Tuesday that it has placed a former ambassador under house arrest while he faces charges for «serious acts of abuse of minors.»

Patterns of Abuse: Systems of oppression are created by a series of acts of abuse which establish and maintain dominance.

Because cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on allegations of domestic abuse is continuing tort, 2 - year limitations period does not commence until last act of abuse.

We know from our own troubled War against Terror, how easy it is, when facing a murderous enemy, to slide from just war principles, into acts of abuse and immorality.

In addition, perpetrators of abuse generally do not stop committing acts of abuse without help.

«But addressing my own acts of abuse this way acknowledges the importance of confronting abuse in our culture and in the Church at large.»

Only a willingness to lie about what you know about the universe and the ability to turn a blind eye to heinous acts of abuse and deceit.

In addition to the individual acts of abuse which led to criminal charges, The HSUS» investigation also found breeding pigs confined day - and - night in gestation crates, tiny cages that virtually immobilize animals for nearly their entire lives.

Dr. Karp consulted on several severely injured babies whose screams drove their stressed - out parents to commit horrible acts of abuse.

She believed that the unprocessed trauma experienced by many women — as the result of individually experienced acts of abuse and violence, and as the result of cultural oppression — could manifest itself in physical symptoms, especially those relating specifically to female biology.

That is just one of the many acts of abuse Combs has encountered since joining the society in 1986.

An intentional and malicious act of abuse or cruelty is when someone purposely and knowingly deprives an animal of proper care or adequate food, water, shelter, or allows the animal to go without necessary veterinary care, or tortures, maims, mutilates or kills an animal.

If a prospective adoptive parent or adult household member has been or is currently found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse and neglect in programs subject to the jurisdiction of the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, the Agency shall determine on the basis of the information it has available whether to approve or reject the prospective adoptive parent (s).

In this case study, a young women who has chronic verbal, emotional, and physical abuse and was exposed to repetitive adult acts of abuse as a child initially presented with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) marked by constriction and disconnection, which resulted in her feeling passive and tortured.

The collaboration with Priotab aims at identifying brain imaging biomarkers for trigger patterns of paedophilia and the risk of commiting acts of abuse

We are seeing more violent acts of abuse than ever before and re-offending companies are not being held to account.

For example, in S v W (Child Abuse: Damages)[1995] 1 FLR 862, the claimant sued her father and mother for sexual abuse by her father some 10 years after the last act of abuse.

No act of abuse is justified by the Bible or desired by God.

Just one act of abuse is too many but it should be remembered that the priests who have abused are a tiny minority of the total number of priests and the abuse they have carried out is a tiny proportion of all abuse - less than a half of 1 \ %.

I can not state it strongly enough: No act of abuse is justified by God, and no one is called to endure abuse out of a commitment to the Bible or to Jesus.

Enduring even one more act of abuse is worse than being left «disconnected»

The worker, whose name is being held back because the case is still pending, received a notice in June that read «you committed an act of abuse or neglect on or about (insert date) at (insert provider agency name).

Chief of the General Staff Sir Mike Jackson has said the British army «condemn utterly» any acts of abuse against prisoners in Iraq.

In addition, a 24 - 7 hotline and statewide database will track reports of abuse, along with a statewide register of workers who have committed acts of abuse will be bared from working with people with special needs.

The penalty exceeded those imposed on many employees who had committed acts of abuse or neglect against people with developmental disabilities, and the case was complicated by the fact that the co-worker involved had previously been fired for cause.

It's an act of abuse, not a hijink gone awry, but the film - makers invite the audience to find it funny.

It depended on whether or not there was a sufficiently close connection between the work which the employee had been employed to do and the acts of abuse.

Known commonly as «Shaken Baby Syndrome,» this act of abuse can cause lifelong brain damage in infants and, in the most severe cases, may even result in death.

An act of abuse, neglect or exploitation of roulete an older person might give rise to one or all of the following types of proceedings:

Next, the applicant had to allege an act of abuse that, if proven, is compensable under the IAP.

There is a suggestion that whether Allen committed any acts of abuse, or not, his former partner was highly vindictive toward him, resulting in what appears to be a very toxic parental alienation campaign.

There is evil in the act of the abuse.