Sentences with phrase «for victims of abuse»

The practice of marriage and family counseling also includes premarital, child, divorce or separation counseling, substance abuse, and treatment for victims of abuse and sex offenders.

Child Maintenance Options has been working closely with a number of charities offering support for victims of abuse and domestic violence.

They have also acted for victims of abuse and torture.

Actors such as Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, and Emma Watson further expressed their support for the victims of abuse by choosing to bring various gender and racial justice activists as their dates, including Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, and Ai - jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

They tell a painful and all - too - common story of how difficult and frightening it is for victims of abuse to leave a troubled relationship.

It was only after the press raked him over the coals repeatedly — for his lack of Christian compassion towards the victims of sex abuse by priests — that the pope managed to scrape up some faux concern for the victims of abuse.

This program provides meaningful work experience for victims of abuse and I applaud Senator Klein and Borough President Diaz for spearheading this innovative initiative.»

The bill, known as the Child Victims Act, would expand the statute of limitations for victims of abuse, had opposed by the Catholic Church, but pushed for by victim advocates and The Daily News in a series of pointed front - page headlines.

Think about it — throughout the dialogue here support has been given to you for your approach in bringing about justice for victims of abuse and confronting powers that abuse.

It might help feed some poor people, clothe their clergy in gold or pay for their victims of abuse, but not much else.

She urges Christians to pray for the victims of abuse — many of whom are now finally seeking justice.

Not exact matches

Ed Bridge, fourth - generation leader of Ben Bridge Jeweler, one of several Berkshire jewelry store chains, has helped raised millions of dollars for children who are victims of catastrophic illness, abuse, or neglect.

Also, make no mistake: A simple «sorry,» sincere or not, is not enough to make up for the emotional trauma that victims of sexual harassment and abuse have suffered.

And, through the entire episode — from the original accident, to the earliest photos posted on Instagram, to the final revelations about when she would perform — it became clear that Underwood was now the victim of online abuse, a target for trolls who had started a new campaign against her.

In Canada, examples of social enterprise range from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore to Atira Property Management, a real estate management company that bankrolls transition housing and support services for victims of violence and abuse.

«My office will continue to fight for victims» best interests throughout the bankruptcy proceedings, and engage with all parties, including The Weinstein Company and Lantern, in an ongoing effort to advance the principles we set forward when we filed our complaint: ensuring that victims are compensated, employees are protected moving forward, and perpetrators and enablers of abuse are not unjustly enriched,» he said.

The «Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Program» (EIFFE Prevention Program) educates healthcare and legal professionals to recognize when their older patients and clients may be vulnerable to or victims of financial abuse, particularly those patients with mild cognitive impairment, and then to refer these at - risk patients to State Securities Regulators, local adult protective services professionals or for further screening and assistance as needed.

We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse.

Also in spite of what you otherwise claim Gary, I have not received an apology for being wrongly accused of supporting abuse and silencing of victims.

Pope Benedict XVI told a group of sexual abuse victims Sunday that he feels «shame» for what they suffered within the church and will make sure their abusers are brought «to justice,» the Vatican announced.

(CNN)-- New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan sat for questions from lawyers for victims of sexual abuse by priests in Milwaukee while he was that city's Roman Catholic leader, his office disclosed Wednesday.

Advocates for victims saw the posts as a sign of favour for Law by church officials unrepentant about abused children.

When this pope comes out with full disclosure, punishment for the offenders and compensation for the victims of the $ ex abuse consipiracy, then I will have respect for him.

«One in three victims of domestic abuse in Britain is male but refuge beds for men are critically scarce.

You were most definitely expressing much more concern over how the victim of abuse should behave than for the abuser.

Why aren't you calling for Catholics to talk about their scandals on their websites or for Catholic people to donate money to victims of widespread and systematic abuse by Priests?

For example, I've joined several faith - based initiatives to assist the local victims of abuse and traveled with others to assist victims of natural disasters.

Victims of child abuse at residential homes in Northern Ireland have urged the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to set aside money for compensation.

Archbishop François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân: Let us pray for all the men and women of the world, especially for minors who are victims of abuse, for the poor, the alienated, the disadvantaged; let us pray for those who are most defenceless, the unborn killed in their mother's womb or even exploited for experimental purposes by those who abuse the promise of biotechnology and distort the aims of science.

Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.

However, the director of an advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse by priests called the steps announced by O'Malley insufficient and irresponsible, saying only one of the named priests was new to public information.

Obviously, there's a major difference between someone who's been the victim of abuse or an injustice than someone who got their feelings hurt over not being selected for leadership position or another, relatively trivial transgression.

I no longer believe the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is in any way primarily an advocacy organization for sexual abuse victims.

Perhaps I have persuaded you that the imperative of empathy for victims of child sex abuse does not necessitate your belief in each and all of the charges leveled at the cardinal.

The move to retain GRACE for its investigation also comes after Do Right BJU, a group of students, alumni, and staff who aim to support victims of sexual abuse on campus, held a silent protest...

Thank you for anyone who has the courage to apologize — the one thing I'd ask moving forward is that you don't qualify your apology by citing what the survivor of emergent abuse (I like this term better than victim) did or did not do — as we've noted before, when someone is in the throes of prolonged abuse and trauma, they will do / say things in response that will seem somewhat «batshit crazy.»

Before he became Pope, he oversaw a tightening of procedures and reform of the way that the Vatican deals with sexual abuse cases that come to it in order to deal with more cases, more efficiently and with greater justice for the victims.

(CNN)- A prominent Catholic friar has apologized for saying that child victims of sex abuse may at times bear some of the responsibility for the attacks because they can seduce their assailants, and that first - time sex offenders should not receive jail time.

Wesolowski's case provides a high - profile chance for the Pope, who has been accused by some victims» groups of downplaying the sexual abuse scandal, to take concrete action against one of the Vatican's own.

We thank God for Rachael's courage in confronting Nassar and commend her invaluable work on behalf of other abuse victims.

It was because we were advocating for other victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community, crimes which had been perpetrated by people in the church and whose abuse had been enabled, very clearly, by prominent leaders in the evangelical community.

So providing a safe space for the voiceless victims of spiritual abuse is crucial to me.

In a homily given during a private Mass with six victims of church sexual abuse, Francis apologized for the abuse and asked for forgiveness.

«I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of Church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves,» Francis said in the homily, according to a text of the statement provided by the Vatican.

It's admirable that Biden is speaking out for the victims of sexual abuse, but resorting to insults and threats of violence seems more like (potentially dangerous) posturing than offering real long - term terms solutions to the problems highlighted by the #MeToo moment.

Christ's love moves us to work for the healing of wounded souls who are victims of abuse often propagated in the name of Christ;

A concern for compassion and justice for the victims, however, does not excuse a lack of faithfulness to the truth, and frequently the occasion of sexual abuse by Catholics has itself been abused in the service of dishonest propaganda against the Catholic Church, and our Priests in particular.

(CNN)- Catholic bishops «will be held accountable» for failing to protect children from sexual abuse, Pope Francis said Monday, his strongest acknowledgment yet of what abuse victims have been saying for decades: that the cover - ups have often been as bad as the crimes.

I have found this to work for victims and survivors as well with the enabling of healing and freeing from fear, to have a voice which is then conducive to the establishment of healthy boundaries and therefore prevention of similar experiences of abuse.

Victims of clerical sexual abuse will find it easier to bring compensation claims against the Catholic Church after a judge ruled it can be held responsible for the wrongdoings of its priests.