Sentences with phrase «whether victims of sexual abuse»

Not exact matches

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

We must watch and see whether other courts follow the lead of Justice Lederer, particularly in the situation more commonly seen where the deceased person is not the alleged sexual abuse victim as in Fox v. Narine, but rather the alleged wrongdoer.

The recent sexual harassment allegations have made us question whether or not such cases are rising, but the dismissed concept is that nothing has really changed; the powerful will continue to have the option of abusing their authority, victims will always feel humiliated and sexual harassment claims will remain a «he said, she said» battle.

Re W (Fact Finding: Hearsay Evidence)[2013] EWCA Civ 1374 [2014] 2FLR 703: Care proceedings — Hearsay evidence of sexual abuse allegations — Approach to hearsay evidence — Whether the question of whether the victim should give direct evidence was properly dealWhether the question of whether the victim should give direct evidence was properly dealwhether the victim should give direct evidence was properly dealt with.

Thus, the current study examines whether or not sexual minority college students are more likely to be victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and intimate partner physical and psychological abuse than non-sexual minority students.