Sentences with phrase «following 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.

Not exact matches

Following on a tsunami of allegations of sexual impropriety and abuses of power, Oprah's speech could not have been better timed.

Certainly Christians are not alone in ignoring the seriousness of sexual abuse allegations, but it does seem that our community's response follows certain lines because of some common Christian beliefs about women and sexual abuse victims specifically.

Following horrific allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and rape against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, actress Alyssa Milano posted this on Twitter, «If all the women who have been sexually harassed...

Earlier this month, 21 other priests were also placed on administrative leave following a review of sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Church in Philadelphia.

The laws follow the downfalls of several high - profile figures from allegations of sexual misconduct — most recently former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned after four women accused him of abuse in an article The New Yorker published Monday.

New York state Assembly members are interviewing candidates Tuesday for interim attorney general, following the resignation of Eric Schneiderman last week amid sexual abuse allegations.

Following the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris investigate allegation of sexual abuse against internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East, three military officers of the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Airforce have been indicted.

Harvey Weinstein was terminated from The Weinstein Company Sunday following last week's New York Times expose detailing decades of sexual abuse allegations made against the Oscar - winning producer by employees and actresses including Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan, among others.

The allegations follow on from a renewed conversation around harassment and power in the art world, sparked by the resignation of Artforum's longtime co-publisher Knight Landesman after claims of sexual misconduct this October — the celebrated conductor James Levine was suspended by the Met Opera after abuse allegations just this weekend.

In my view, a moral consideration of an allegation of sexual abuse or harassment would include the following:

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).

Following the separation, the mother made accusations of physical abuse of herself by the father and on the day prior to the commencement of the divorce trial, the mother made allegations of sexual abuse of the children by the father.