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While there were also a significant number of abuse cases involving parish priests in Ireland, another major scandal involved criminal abuse committed by members of religious orders working in Catholic - run institutions such as orphanages and reform schools.

Not exact matches

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday made permanent a temporary ban on his country's citizens traveling to Kuwait to work, following a series of abuse and murder cases involving Filipino victims.

USA Gymnastics hired the former federal prosecutor last fall to review its practices and policies following criticism of its handling of sex abuse complaints, including a case involving the longtime team physician that has resulted in federal charges.

The archbishop's letter pointed out that most of the sexual abuse cases and allegations involve misconduct, real or claimed, from decades earlier, «before the Church adopted its current child protection policies.»

More than half of police officers also say most of their case work involves alcohol - fuelled crimes, while in hospitals 7 in 10 attendances on the weekend is related to alcohol abuse.

In a statement read out by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi in September 2009, the Holy See stated «We know now that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5 % and 5 % of the Catholic clergy has been involved in s — exual abuse cases», adding that this figure was comparable with that of other groups and denominations.

If you look at the high - profile history of the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, for example, I would guess that some smaller portion involves the priests who actually engaged in the abuse, while some larger portion is the cover - up.

In early 2004 I was gathering information on an abuse case involving a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for a report in Forum Letter, an independent Lutheran publication I then edited.

The now Archbishop of Canterbury may not have been directly involved in this case of alleged abuse, but his apology does provide some comfort,... More

This last assumption is worth some attention in passing: if you do internet searches for cases of paedophile abuse involving the Catholic clergy in continental Europe, for example, there is nothing remotely on the same scale.

Three cases of homosexual abuse that were being prosecuted in Manhattan, the media capital of the world, in May 2002 involved Riverside Church, District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's own synagogue, and the Harlem Boys Choir.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

In a statement, read out by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi in September 2009, the Holy See stated «We know now that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5 % and 5 % of the Catholic clergy has been involved in se - abuse cases,» adding that this figure was comparable with that of other groups and denominations.

(iii) Ironically the US and German cases evinced against the Pope concerning abuses back in the 70s and 80s (as with the much more recent Ealing headmaster case used very prominently against Archbishop Nichols) show the Church being decades ahead of the game as they had all involved full and appropriate cooperation with civil authorities.

July 13 — Former England captain John Terry was cleared of racial abuse today as one of the highest profile court cases involving a globally recognised sportsman reached its conclusion after five days of evidence.

Some situations where a parenting class might be mandated can be in the case of child custody proceedings, visitation proceedings, divorce, or legal separation involving children, any other parental proceedings, or in cases where there is alleged or actual domestic abuse.

In 2011, Attorney General Schneiderman and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli formed «Operation Integrity,» a first - of - its - kind joint task force using the State Comptroller's power to refer cases involving the abuse of public funds to the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute public corruption.

Firstly, that this case in its entirety was an abuse of process, or, secondly, that if it wasn't, it should be heard before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which is a special court set up to hear cases involving issues concerning official surveillance.

The bankruptcy was announced on the same day New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed Schneiderman to review the Manhattan district attorney's handling of a 2015 sexual abuse case involving Weinstein.

Paterson has been accused by many of not being up to the task and is under criminal investigation by Cuomo's office into whether he improperly involved himself in a domestic abuse case and perjured himself over World Series tickets.

The New York State attorney general will review the Manhattan district attorney's handling of a 2015 sexual abuse case involving disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Monday evening.

The first, from yesterday, involved whether a Texas District Attorney should really be tweeting out the names, case numbers, and other identifying details of people involved in DUI and domestic abuse cases, even if those details are part of the public record.

The deal would create a new panel to hear abuse and neglect cases involving inmates and wards of the state as well as a table of penalties covering serious misconduct.

Surveying what has worked in other cases involving tough social issues, Christopher Anderson, executive director of MaleSurvivor, a support network for male abuse victims, said that support from Cuomo could be instrumental.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Despite the allegation involving funding for the DA's race — and another accusing Sampson of filing false Senate disclosure forms to conceal a $ 188,500 loan from a real estate developer — Carter insisted his case wasn't in the same category as a recent rash of other criminal cases accusing New York lawmakers of abusing their authority for personal gain or to cheat on campaign finance rules.

The Special Victim's Bureau of the Oneida County District Attorney's Office is responsible for prosecuting cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault of adults and children, and serious physical abuse and homicides of children.

The penalty exceeded those imposed on many employees who had committed acts of abuse or neglect against people with developmental disabilities, and the case was complicated by the fact that the co-worker involved had previously been fired for cause.

The need is there and growing; already in 2014 CPS has investigated 1,212 cases involving allegations of physical abuse and 1,072 cases involving allegations of drug and alcohol abuse.»

Dowd, who has an ongoing priest abuse case against the Diocese of Rockville Centre, said it doesn't matter that Flanagan is no longer at the firm or may not have handled cases involving the church.

Since witnesses and technical evidence are often lacking in cases involving child abuse, courts are often forced to rely solely on the victim's own testimony «It is therefore very important that courts assess the credibility of a testimony based on what children say and not on how they say it,» says Sara Landström.

Roughly half the cases in the study involved allegations of multiple incidents of physical abuse by parents, while the other half involved allegations of sexual abuse.

About a decade ago, a wave of cases involving recovered memories of sexual abuse tore families apart, led to lurid court trials, and spawned a branch of therapy devoted to recovered memories.

And an in - depth interview with Kelsey Belnap about her battle with authorities over a sexual abuse case, involving football players at the University of Montana.

In 1992 allegations that the UN peacekeepers were involved in cases of sexual abuse against local women were met by the infamous statement «Boys will be Boys» (Martin, 2005) by Yasushi Akashi, the then head of the UN's Transnational Authority in Cambodia.

It's a very different story in the greater - Phoenix area, where school administrators involved in three highly publicized cases of alleged sexual abuse by teachers are being investigated by Arizona education officials for possible mishandling of the incidents.

With the spotlight on elder abuse awareness throughout June, she says it's critical for seniors to understand how to protect themselves from financial abuse given that the majority of cases will involve people who are close to them.

1 % of animal cruelty cases involved elder abuse.

The original shelter was located on Griffith Farm, and early cases involved cruelty and abuse of women, children, the elderly, horses, cattle, dogs, and cats.

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

The goal of this webinar is to provide overview of important factors involved in charge approval / prosecution of animal cruelty cases including links to violence, risk factors, abuse as predictor and indicator crime, public interest factors, youth statistics and types of abuse.

13 % of intentional animal abuse cases involve domestic violence (Humane Society of the United States, 2001)

The Nova Scotia SPCA will intervene on any case involving neglect and abuse and will attend to the needs of the animals involved and will work with outside agencies where social or community assistance is needed.

They handle large - scale abuse cases involving substandard puppy mills, hoarders, dog fighters and abuse and neglect of horses and farm animals.

In these early years, the Humane Society of Missouri also cared for abused and neglected children as a result of the landmark case involving Henry Bergh and young Mary Ellen.

I think I can asssure Mr. Garrett that when it becomes almost impossible to get meaningful prosecution of child and sex abuse cases, as is often the case when animal cruelty is involved, a concerned public will indeed rally for stronger prosecution, provided of course, that the cases are publicized.

The main reason given for not prosecuting animal abuse and neglect cases is that it takes the officers the same amount of time to investigate and gather the evidence for an animal investigation as it does for crime investigations involving people.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

The case will consider whether the law against polygamy is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and also look at what are the necessary elements of an offence — that is, whether Section 293 requires that polygamy involve a minor or some other element of abuse or exploitation.

Some of the family members who attended court on that remand day had to wait all day for their matter to be heard, many were highly stressed, some could see their «ex» at the other end of the hall (which in cases involving domestic abuse can heighten fear and trauma), and many had no one there to support them.