Sentences with phrase «based on abuses»

Some of the concerns raised in this article about the criminal law are based on abuses that may occur in the future but can not be said with certainty to have yet occurred.

He brings with him a script, a revenge fantasy loosely based on their abuse by a priest at school.

You may feel like you're «rescuing» her, but in reality you're freeing up space for another puppy mill «product» while supporting and encouraging an industry based on abuse.

Both the first instance judge and the majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed most of the applicants» requests, without considering the merits of the application, based on abuse of process and lack of public interest standing.

Both classifications are under constant discussion and both warn against automatic diagnosis based on abuse or neglect.

Not exact matches

Yellen's final act at the Fed was to hit one of the largest U.S. banks, Wells Fargo & Co., with an unusual ban on growth that follows the San Francisco - based lender's pattern of consumer abuses and compliance lapses.

As a board member of the Center for Community Solutions, a San Diego - based nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and relationship abuse, I have seen firsthand the positive influence sustainable philanthropy can have on an organization.

Apple argues that Qualcomm has abused its dominant position for mobile communications chips to charge excessive royalties, with the rates calculated based on the overall value of a phone, not just the price of the communications components.

WASHINGTON, April 24 - Foreign corporations can not be sued in American courts for human rights abuses committed overseas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, refusing to revive a lawsuit claiming Jordan - based Arab Bank Plc helped finance militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

WASHINGTON, April 24 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that foreign corporations can not be sued in American courts for human rights abuses overseas, refusing to revive a lawsuit claiming Jordan - based Arab Bank Plc helped finance militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Summary: «This five - part limited series based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn tracks Patrick from a privileged but deeply traumatic childhood in the South of France through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York and, ultimately, toward recovery back home in Britain.»

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

Legal experts, speaking on a not - for - attribution basis because precise measures have not been announced, said one possibility is the government might change the Competition Act to say that «abuse of a dominant position» would include «exploitative pricing» or, in effect, charging too much.

And Karl Brauer, another senior analyst at KBB, added: «I'd like to say I didn't see this coming, but it was inevitable based on the documented abuses of driver - assist technology we've been seeing on sites like YouTube.»

Cutting off an entire part of life makes little sense and comes about due to DNA (spiritually challenged people actually can not sense anything outside of self) or choice which is often based on pride (even those who hate God because of some physical or emotional abuse overcompensate in a pridefull unforgiving resentment).

Charlie, you seriously do not see that this was a serious breach of the separation of church and state, and this judge abused her position by forcing a name change based on her religion?

Only < than 1 percent of priests have ever abused a child, far less on a percentage basis than coaches, teachers, and ministers of other faiths.

An investigation that began after the crisis over sexual abuse of children in the Boston Archdiocese fully emerged in 2002 has pored over records dating back more than 60 years, with subsequent decisions on who to name based on the nature of the accusations and other factors, according to O'Malley.

The above image is taken from Three Girls - a three part BBC drama based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale.

I would posit that, based on the many stories I hear from women who have left evangelical churches, it's far more likely that abuse is flourishing in patriarchal homes and churches where women are given little voice and little recourse; it's just getting swept under the rug rather than named and confronted.

For him, war, famine, and human rights abuses are a consequence of the global order based on sovereign states that Rawls affirms because such a system facilitates and fosters competition and conflict among states.

After being abused by my own sister, married to a Methodist minister in Maryland, who both choose to believe the lies, distortions and slander about me based on twisted stories designed to protect the abuser, when the facts are as plain and clear as the sun on their faces... all because they are «in relation» with the abuser, and I should have «kept my truth within the family» and not made it «public.»

Finally, imagine that you noticed many abuses caused by the belief in witches, such as people giving 10 % of their crops to highly suspect priests to ward off witches, belief in witches and elves being used to deny the pollution you noticed building up in your village and laws being passed controlling how a woman must act while pregnant based on witchcraft.

Tell that to the little boys and girls that have been sexually abused by Catholics priests on a regular basis.

I am an abuse victim advocate, and I interact with victims of abuse in the Church and deal with church abuse scandal coverups on a daily basis.

Since abuse is motivated by power and control, and patriarchy is a system based on power and control, it is not surprising that abuse is prevalent in these circles.

Rome (CNN)- A group representing survivors of sexual abuse by priests named a «Dirty Dozen» list of cardinals it said would be the worst candidates for pope based on their handling of child sex abuse claims.

SNAP, the Survivors» Network of those Abused by Priests, said as it released the list Wednesday that its accusations were based on media reports, legal filings and victims» statements.

We have rampant corruption and abuse in our Gurdewara, we have the largest number of female fotiece abortion in India and probably in the rest of the world, we have Gurdewara's based on caste, we have the highest rate alcoholism in England (highest of liver damage), being born and raised in the UK, the girls are now drinking more then the guys.

Their presence on the list is based «on their actions and / or public comment about child sex abuse and cover up in the church,» the group said.

But a U.S. - based victims» group, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, dismissed the event as «window dressing» on Monday.

Morals do not come from belief and in fact we can find a great many immoral issues with belief - the bible is a proponent of such immoral issues - rape; human sacrifice; animal sacrifice; child abuse; mass murder; idolatry (the 1st 4 commandments are exactly that); bigotry (the non-stop judging of gays based solely on what the bible says); oppression of women; incest.

Things are seriously mixed up in our country if Tebow is seen as someone who should be scorned, when so many other pro athletes abuse drugs, abuse their wives, abuse animals, and commit crimes on a regular basis yet the public seems to be just fine with overlooking that behavior.

And please don't give me that «free will» BS, because some people, based on their brain / body chemistry, are much more susceptible to alcohol abuse.

(CNN)- A Philadelphia archdiocese official on trial for allegedly covering up the sexual abuse of children has asked a court to throw out charges against him based on a 1994 memo showing Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua ordered a list of suspected abusive Catholic priests to be destroyed.

Obviously some people can abuse it, but it's not my job to straighten out others based on what I may or may not think the Bible says.

The cases of priestly abuse should be treated on a case — by — case basis according to Catholic canon law and most of all according to Christian charity.

Even if we can not know the answer to all of society's ills, even if we can not pretend to know how to solve the problems of crime and drugs and inflation and poverty, we can still proclaim that it is obviously and unquestionably a moral wrong to maintain a penal system based on vengeance instead of rehabilitation; to allow human rights violations to go unchallenged (on either side of the iron curtain); to waste vast quantities of food and resources while others are malnourished and sick and poor; or to allow so many children in our own midst to go through childhood unwanted and unloved and even abused.

A few months ago, they ran a story accusing a priest (who was in fact an abuser) of systematically abusing an entire family (mother and two daughters) based solely on «recovered» memories of one person.

January 31, 2012 at 9:19 am Report abuse o Chad @hippypoet «god is an idea, such an improbable idea that many have, to make the idea inarguably, said that the idea is beyond human comprehension and so be doing remove the need but more importantly the ability to prove and so make it an untouchable notion of truth all based on an idea... how is that different then being delusional?

VanHagar wrote on Wdenesday, May 2, 2012 at 7:47 pm, stating, «It was in faith in God that gave us the Salvation Army, Abused Children «s Fund, Freedom 424 (serving victims of s.ex trafficking), Bright Hope International (working with the poor), Children «s Christian Lifeline Hunger and Medical Relief, Christian World Relief, Five Talents - USA, Inc., Habitat for Humanity International, Living Water International (providing clean water), etc. etc. and hundreds (if not thousands) of other faith - based charities help the poor and disenfranchised.

Adding to the above considerations the prudential concern that government officials might abuse their authority to limit valuable forms of speech improperly, George concludes that the state should only rarely restrict speech on the basis of its content.

Kealy's alleged abuse of alcohol many years ago were not based on any personal knowledge, but were simply my supposition from the information that had been passed on.

But based on the surveys and studies conducted by different denominations over the past 30 years, experts who study child abuse say they see little reason to conclude that sexual abuse is mostly a Catholic issue.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

A like argument was urged and rejected generations ago, when actions based on religious beliefs and practices resulted in the deaths of children who were denied blood transfusions and other medical treatment and in the physical abuse of women and children.

Luther was anxious that the institution of Confession, which he valued highly, should not be abused; nevertheless, one did not have to pretend that authority for it went back to the New Testament: «For although private confession is one of the most salutary practices, we know perfectly well that the authority on which it is based is quite shaky.»

However, I think it fair to note as well that when he states that «one of the things in the abusers» minds was that the interrogators wanted and approved of some abuse,» that claim is based principally on what the abusers said.

But in no case did the canny Froben, warned by Erasmus, print his name as printer, nor did Wolfgang Capito his assistant put his name to the fervent Introduction he had written: «Here you have the theological works of the Reverend Martin Luther, whom many consider a Daniel sent at length in mercy by Christ to correct abuses and restore a theology based on the Gospel and Paul...»

The Roman Catholic system of church governance, based on extra-biblical teachings such as papal primacy, resulted in severe abuses of religious freedom as the church was allied with the state.