Sentences with phrase «confronted by abuse»

Unfortunately, this is still the response of many church leaders when confronted by abuse.

Not exact matches

Rob Ford, defended at every turn by his brother Doug, was prepared to regularly lie about his addictions, to abuse his oath of office, to associate with criminal elements, to dismiss his racist and misogynistic comments as the new normal, and to attack and bully those with the courage to confront him — as if they, not he, were at fault for his transgressions.

If Piper really wants to protect women, he might start by confronting some of America's most vocal abuse apologists these days: evangelical Christians.

These are just a small sampling of the issues associated with abuse that will have to be confronted by the Church as we move forward.

As anarchists we confront abuse by any means necessary, and by accepting the consequences.

Jean Maria Arrigo, who confronted systematic efforts by the American Psychological Association (APA) to allow and conceal the involvement of psychologists in the torture and abuse of detainees following the September 11 attacks, has been awarded the 2015 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award...

That's why we're investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse by corporations.

The two men brawled over the woman in which led Vincennes to confront Bracken and hit her in an ironic twist of which his very own mother use to get physically abused by his father.

It's Monday morning and you're greeting students on their way to class when you're confronted by an angry parent shouting abuse, demanding a meeting then and there.

Although she was neither a witness to nor victim of violence growing up, Pierce explains how she was confronted with the issue while teaching English in the Peace Corps when she realized her co-teacher, who she had become close to, was being abused by her husband.

Given the connection between animal abuse and physical violence identified by proponents of these ordinances, requiring these animal care workers to confront convicted animal abusers carries significant risk and puts them into a de facto law enforcement role for which they are not properly trained or prepared.

In his art Bjarne Melgaard points to problem areas that have been marginalized by society and which we perhaps prefer not to be confronted with: subcultures such as S&M, Black Metal, sexual transgressions and abuse, the exploration of identity and the testing of the limits of the body, existential loneliness, suicide, the constant search for love and a sense of security.

UK About Blog Greenpeace defends the natural world and promotes peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, and championing solutions.

Sometimes addictive behaviors, like substance abuse, are employed by one or both partners in order to avoid confronting the source of the relationship conflict.

SECASA SEXUAL ASSAULT articles from South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA) False Memory Syndrome, by Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Center; Confronting Precedent and Prejudice, by Jocelynne A. Scutt; Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse - Accurate and truthful disclosures, false allegations, and false denials, by Kay Bussey; Children in the Legal System, by Jan Breckenridge & Moira Carmody; The Psychological Adjustment of the Rape Victim, by Lesley Hewitt; The Child Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, by Roland Summit; Mother / Daughter Rape, by Lee FitzRoy; Offending Women, by Lee FitzRoy; Offending Mothers, by Lee FitzRoy; How Do Children Tell?