Sentences with phrase «by suspected child abuse»

Only one in five victims with serious injuries caused by suspected child abuse in England and Wales is treated at a designated major trauma centre, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

Not exact matches

In Michigan, it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail and a $ 500 fine for certain professionals to fail to report a suspected case of child abuse.

As a teacher in PA he is a mandated reporter and is required by law to report suspected child abuse to the state's hotline but he didn't.

A 1997 letter from the Vatican's representative to bishops in Ireland warns them to follow church law in investigating cases of suspected child sex abuse by priests and expresses «serious reservations» about requiring that such cases be reported to the police.

The two - page letter, written by Apostolic Nuncio Luciano Storero, was sent to bishops in Ireland in response to a document they had sent to the Vatican that recommends mandatory reporting of cases of suspected child sex abuse by priests.

Washington (CNN)-- The killing of Osama bin Laden was voted the top story of the year by the Religion Newswriters Association, beating out Rep. Peter King's hearing on the radicalization of U.S. Muslims and Catholic Bishop Robert Finn's failure to report the suspected abuse of a child.

«Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, unwittingly reveals what draws the new atheists towards the Catholic - abuse story:... «Odious as the physical abuse of children by priests undoubtedly is, I suspect that it may do them less lasting damage than the mental abuse of bringing them up Catholic in the first place», [http://richarddawkins.net/articles/118?page=2].

«By requiring camp directors to report suspected child maltreatment wherever it may occur, we are stepping up our fight against child abuse and protecting children across New York State.

The law signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo Wednesday means there will soon be more eyes and ears watching out for signs of suspected child abuse and neglect.

Director Colin Trevorrow (working from a script by Gregg Hurwitz), who put himself on the map with «Jurassic World,» turns the movie's first half into an affecting character study as Henry and his mother wrestle with the issue of how to deal with suspected child abuse involving a next - door girl classmate (Maddie Ziegler) and her sinister stepfather (Dean Norris).

Director Pablo Larrain's follow up to his Oscar - nominated No, The Club follows a crisis counselor who is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby - snatching from unwed mothers, live in seclusion after an incident occurs.

The case concerns whether teachers or other school personnel - required by state law to serve as mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse - are entitled to qualified immunity.

Knowingly failed to report actual or suspected child abuse as required in s. 1006.061 or report alleged misconduct by instructional personnel or school administrators which affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student as required in s. 1012.796.

«We urge the Court to again recognize as it did in Ohio v. Clark the unique role that school personnel play in protecting children by reporting suspected abuse, and reversing the shortsighted decision of the Sixth Circuit.»

The case asks the Court to hear and overturn a ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee) that makes mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse vulnerable to federal claims brought by an alleged abuser.

Plaintiff alleged in the civil suit that the child sustained massive head injuries and died as a result of alleged abuse by the parents, codefendants in the civil case, and that the psychologists were negligent in failing to suspect the abuse and neglect which ultimately led to his death.

In some instances, disclosure of protected health information to law enforcement officials will be compelled by other law, for example, by compulsory judicial process or compulsory reporting laws (such as laws requiring reporting of wounds from violent crimes, suspected child abuse, or suspected theft of controlled substances).

Auld LJ, therefore, is in no doubt, that the presence of such potential for conflict in suspected parental child abuse cases, and the risk thereby of harm and the gravity of that harm to children «are such that doctors and social workers should not be hampered in the exercise of that duty by a sense of caution flowing from the imposition of a countervailing duty of care to parents».

In 2013, over 26,900 reports of suspected child abuse were received by ChildLine, the state's hotline for reporting suspected abuse.

Suspected child abuse or dependant adult or elder abuse, for which I am required by law to report this to the appropriate authorities immediately.

Unless you have some specific reason to suspect otherwise (such as finding child - oriented pornography), your children aren't at risk of sexual abuse by an addicted parent.

The role of the physician may include identifying abused children with suspicious injuries, reporting suspected abuse to a child protection agency for investigation, supporting families who are affected by child maltreatment, coordinating with other professionals and community agencies, giving court testimony, providing preventive care and anticipatory guidance, and advocating for policies and programs that support families and protect vulnerable children.

If abuse is honestly suspected safety of the spouse or children becomes paramount and full evaluation by a competent professional is a necessity.

However Family Counselling Centre can not guarantee that private and confidential client information will be protected from subpoenas, search or coroner's warrants or from the need to report suspected child abuse as required by legislation in all provinces and territories in Canada.

Suspected child abuse or dependent adult or elder abuse, for which we are required by law to report this to the appropriate authorities immediately.

Oftentimes, when children behave in an age - inappropriate, sexually precocious manner, parents will come to suspect that the child has been sexually abused by an adult — perhaps the other parent, or a person in whose care the other parent entrusted the child.