Sentences with phrase «victims of abuse by»

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.

I'm pretty sure the amount of money the Church is supposed to pay into the healthcare system for contraceptives doesn't come close to $ 600 million, and that was the amount that had been paid so far to the victims of abuse by 2007.

The church that stigmatizes victims of abuse by its leaders attempts to silence them and get them to behave nice.

They speak of church cultures that treated women's bodies as inherently problematic and seductive, that assigned a woman's worth to her sexual purity or procreative prowess, that questioned women's ability to think rationally or make decisions without the leadership of men, that blamed victims of sexual abuse for inviting the abuse or tempting the abuser, that shamed women who did not «joyfully submit» to their husband and find contentment in their roles as helpers and homemakers, and that effectively silenced victims of abuse by telling women and children that reporting the crime would reflect poorly on the church and thus damage the reputation of Christ.

As robots enter daily life and workplaces, some have been victims of abuse by people in the workplace.

Victim One, the first known alleged victim of abuse by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, had to leave his school in the middle of his senior year because of bullying, his counselor said Sunday.

If you or your children are the victim of abuse by a spouse, significant other or other member of the household, you may want to seek a restraining order or protection order to keep you and your family safe.

Serge D'arcy claims to have been a victim of abuse by pedophile priests while attending the institute between 1967 and 1972.

Not exact matches

When Spreng read a Journal of General Internal Medicine study on elder abuse in New York that found more than half of financial exploitation is carried out by a person the victim knew, he wondered: Just how well are older adults navigating the complexities of their social environment?

The hashtag was being used by abuse victims in the wake of Ray Rice's termination from the Baltimore Ravens.

The petition, created by an anonymous person on Tuesday, reads: «If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery.»

(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.

«While legitimate lawsuits have been filed by abuse victims, this is not one of them,» Vatican lawyer Jeffrey Lena said Friday.

Retired church leader John Price from Bedale was accused by the prosecution of offering hypnosis to help victims relax, before proceeding to abuse them sexually.

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?

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.

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.

Alleging that the names posted by O'Malley deliberately omitted «at least a third of predator priests,» Clohessy's statement added that «some kids will be spared some abuse, because some predator priests are now more easily identified, and some victims will feel validation.»

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.

When I did come forward as an abuse victim, this part of my past was wielded like a weapon by some of the elders to further discredit my concern, essentially saying that I was imposing my own perspective or that my judgment was too clouded.

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.»

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.

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.

Victims of clergy sexual abuse, victims of any sexual abuse by any trusted adult, do need ready and generous lisVictims of clergy sexual abuse, victims of any sexual abuse by any trusted adult, do need ready and generous lisvictims of any sexual abuse by any trusted adult, do need ready and generous listeners.

«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.

Whatever genuine aid SNAP may provide victims of priestly sex abuse is well matched by the harm SNAP does by mounting little less than an anti-Catholic smear campaign and wantonly portraying every priest as a sexual predator waiting to happen and every bishop an enabler.

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.

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.

To me and to every victim of spiritual abuse by Pastors in a position of power and influence.

«The Church, understandably concerned not to repeat the mistakes of the past when it had been too slow to recognise that abuse had been perpetrated by clergy and to recognise the pain and damage caused to victims, has in effect oversteered in this case.

There must be strong action taken against abuse by way of attaining justice for victims and enabling for victims to find the strength within to speak for themselves and prevent any further abuses happening.

The book was authored by Jose Barba, a former seminarian who says he was the victim of sexual abuse by a priest.

Members of the group SNAP (The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) planned to hold signs and hand out flyers urging Roman Catholic cardinals to stop making symbolic gestures about abuse and instead meet with victims and give case files to the authorities.

Though many don't realize it, the after effects of sexual abuse are deep and painful, and worldviews of abuse are often distorted and adopted by victims, such as fear of intimacy, unhealthy views toward sex, and even hatred of one's own body.

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.

The «dirty dozen» turned out to be a blacklist of cardinals drawn up by an American victims group which claims they failed to take a stand in child abuse scandals.

As you may know, Sovereign Grace Ministries, an association of Reformed church plants, is facing a significant lawsuit that alleges church leaders covered up the abuse of children by discouraging parents from reporting abuse to authorities and requiring victims to forgive their abusers in person.

And by the way, no Christian would tell the victim of rape or other sexual abuse that she was henceforth worthless.

Many of Chile's bishops, and members of Francis» own sex abuse advisory board, had questioned Barros» suitability to lead a diocese given claims by Karadima's victims that Barros stood by and did nothing while Karadima groped them.

How can one «criticize» the experience of the victim of domestic abuse or incest, the child refugee who has seen his family slaughtered by the national police, or the mother who must watch her children starve?

Moreover, a unique consequence of abuse by a member of the clergy is the damage to the victim's faith.»

SNAP, the Survivors» Network of those Abused by Priests, said as it released the list Wednesday that its accusations were based on media reports, legal filings and victims» statements.

The Bishop of Leicester has said sorry for the «pain and anguish» suffered by victims of a choirmaster who was jailed for sexually abusing choirboys in the city.

This is terrible... can't believe that poor child (well now he's on his twenties) was abused so many times by three different monsters... My prayers to all of the victims of these monsters.

But a U.S. - based victims» group, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, dismissed the event as «window dressing» on Monday.

An independent review has suggested that the Church of England was advised by its insurers to withdraw support for sex abuse victims.

Then he can go spend it on things that really matter to him like paying $ 600,000,000 to the familys of victims abused by his priests.

The Society of Jesus» Pacific Northwest unit and its insurers have agreed to pay a record $ 166.1 million to about 470 people who were sexually and psychologically abused as children by Jesuit priests from the 1940s to the 1990s, the victims» attorneys said Friday.

Oh, wait, no, that would be how much they have paid out to the thousands of victims of abuse who's children were taken advantage of by the servants of the God they supposedly trust so much.