Sentences with phrase «protecting victims of abuse»

And indeed, the public response to the Sovereign Grace Ministries child abuse scandal revealed that far too many Christian leaders seem more concerned with protecting the reputations of their denominations, ministries, and pastors than with protecting victims of abuse.

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

AmeriCorps Legal Fellows prevent foreclosures, eliminate legal barriers to housing, and protect victims of abuse, eviction, and wrongful termination.

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«If an employer knows a particular person's abusive conduct places employees at unreasonable risk of sexual harassment,» the judges wrote, «the employer can not escape responsibility to protect a likely future employee victim merely because the person has not previously abused that particular employee.»

«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.

(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.

Over the past year, I've been corresponding more regularly with victims of abuse who have patiently and graciously exposed me to the ways in which the Church routinely mishandles abuse allegations by shaming the alleged victims and protecting church leaders.

Mission fields, he says, are «magnets» for would - be molesters; ministries and schools do not understand the dynamics of abuse; and «good ol' boy» networks routinely cover up victims» stories to protect their reputations.

That allowed the NCR's guns to be turned on to an even larger target: «The cover - up is the product of secrecy, privilege and a lack of accountability that are major elements of the clerical culture in which the sex abuse scandal flourished... It was made worse because officials either ignored or downplayed the claims of victims and went to great lengths in many cases to protect the abusers.»

In a recent interview with Vice.com he said it's his life's focus to expose sex abuse in the Church because churches usually protect the abuser at the expense of the victim.

Metaphors for God include those of governance: the righteous judge committed to just rule and opposed to exploitation; the noble king who rules wisely and righteously in undoing the wiles of the wicked and protecting the innocent and victims from abuse; the loving father who cares for and yet holds Israel accountable; and the warrior who implements a rule that is both just and compassionate.

Recent sex abuse scandals at Penn State and in USA Swimming make it clear that fingerprinting coaches isn't enough to protect athletes from being victims of sexual abuse at the hands of coaches.

The systems in place to protect and bring healing to the victims of sexual abuse and rape in this country are weak at best.

«Right now, the State Senate leadership is once more trying to block victims of child sex abuse from seeking justice, and protect the perpetrators of these horrible crimes.

You, and your candidate for Governor can not hide from published articles like this, «Senate Republican leaders John Flanagan and John DeFrancisco, once again turned their back on childhood sexual abuse victims, choosing to protect the institutions that have a long history of covering for and enabling the behavior of predators.

«The Human Rights Act and the European convention on human rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.»

Eighty percent of child victims don't disclose sexual abuse because they are embarrassed or manipulated into protecting their abuser, who they are likely to know, Cronin said.

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said his Ministry will take on any regional director of Education who fails to protect female students who are victims of sexual abuse by teachers in Senior High Schools across the country.

«[Assembly Speaker Sheldon] Silver covered up sexual abuse of young interns and staffers for years, using hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to pay off victims, and Andrew Cuomo protected him from criminal investigation after Silver got caught doing it,» Mr. Astorino said.

Reauthorization will secure funding for Children's Advocacy Centers, helping to solve child - abuse cases while protecting child victims of violent crimes

«The reaccreditation of the Oneida County Children's Advocacy Center by the National Children Alliance is a tremendous honor and a testament to the unparalleled work it does to protect and support the victims of child abuse in our community,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «I would like to commend Director Joseph Lisi and all of the center's partners for the fine job they do and congratulate them on this receiving this high distinction.»

«Strong and united women leaders are a force and together we will bring important pro-women reforms that Senate Republicans have blocked for too long, including protecting women's access to health care and fighting for victims of sexual abuse and harassment.

But with bishops in other states turning to bankruptcy to protect their dioceses from expensive awards in abuse cases, the Catholic Conference of New York became an early line of defense when the Child Victims Act was first introduced more than a decade ago.

«Once again the leaders of New York State have failed victims of child sexual abuse,» Gary Greenberg, founder of Fighting for Children PAC and Protect NYKIDS, said in a statement.

Following Boxley's arrest, the speaker released a statement saying, «I am deeply dedicated to ensuring that every woman in this state feels safe, and have devoted much of my career to protecting the rights of victims of sexual abuse.»

«We must take action to protect victims of childhood sexual abuse and ensure access to justice for survivors,» Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) told the Daily News.

«Protecting New Yorkers from domestic violence — and the housing and job discrimination that victims often face in the wake of such abuse, is a key part to stopping the cycle of violence in our state and our nation.»

NYC's Cardinal Timothy Dolan moved millions in funds to protect them from sexual abuse victims seeking claims against the Catholic Church, according to newly - revealed documents: Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Mon... Read

Erie County District Attorney John Flynn welcomes the legislation as a means to further protect victims of domestic violence, whether it be physical assault or mental abuse.

The report, entitled «Protecting children from harm», follows a major enquiry from police forces across England which suggests that as few as one in eight victims of child sexual abuse come to the attention of authorities.

Tips: How to protect yourself from financial abuse, coerced debt — Knowledge is power if you're a victim of a partner's financial abuse that has led to debt.

While many states have advocates that protect the rights of victims and children, Connecticut is the first in the U.S. to appoint legal advocates for abused animals.

In addition to supporting legislation that improves the way we treat and protect domestic animals and wildlife in Massachusetts, we can all give a voice to the victims of animal cruelty if when we see or suspect animal abuse, we report concerns to local authorities.

During Mr. Bershadker's tenure, the ASPCA also launched the Cruelty Intervention Advocacy program, a ground - breaking new initiative to help protect companion animals that are in danger of potential abuse or neglect, helping hundreds of New York City's animals in jeopardy of becoming cruelty victims.

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Nursing home residents are often unable to protect themselves and speak up for their rights, and sometimes they are the victims of sexual abuse.

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Whether you've been a victim of domestic abuse and need to secure a protective order, or you have been falsely accused of spousal or child abuse, you want an experienced and dedicated lawyer to protect your rights.

Funding for private family law cases is generally only available where the applicant for legal aid can show that they are a victim of domestic abuse, or where they can show that the aim of the proceedings is to protect a child at risk of abuse from a third party (such applications are in scope because of Paras 12 and 13 of Part 1 Schedule 1 of LASPO; see also Chapter 6 of the Handbook).

The state is dedicated to protecting victims of domestic violence or abuse.

According to the executive director of the Women Abuse Council of Toronto, research they did indicated the program may not protect victims.

I protect and represent elderly victims who have been abused or neglected and the family members of the victims who have passed away after suffering in these facilities.

For nearly two decades, our Los Angeles nursing home abuse attorneys have been fighting to protect the interests of nursing home abuse victims and their families.

However, alleged victims of abuse are still not protected as they should be by the family courts.

It is likely that these developments will assist victims of more recent sexual abuse in recovering compensation from bystanders who, in the face of actual knowledge of a problem or potential problem, or turning a blind eye to such a problem, fail to discharge their obligations to protect young and vulnerable individuals to whom they owed duties from harm.

Under the Employment Standards Code, the Manitoba government enacted on March 15, 2016, a job - protected leave from work to allow employee victims of domestic violence time to deal with issues arising from their abuse.

A few comments also expressed concern over the proposed rule's lack of specific safeguards to protect the health information of victims of domestic violence and abuse.

As the Family Violence Prevention Fund has noted in its Health Privacy Principles for Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence (October 2000), victims of domestic violence and abuse sometimes are subject to retaliatory viVictims of Domestic Violence (October 2000), victims of domestic violence and abuse sometimes are subject to retaliatory vivictims of domestic violence and abuse sometimes are subject to retaliatory violence.

The more specific concerns expressed about victims of domestic violence and other forms of abuse are addressed in a new provision regarding disclosure of protected health information related to domestic violence and abuse (see § 164.512 (c)-RRB-, and in new limitations on disclosures to persons involved in the individual's care (see § 164.510 (b)-RRB-.

Response: We share commenters» concerns about protecting victims of domestic violence from further abuse.