The phrase "act of abusing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action or behavior of mistreating someone or something, often in a legal or formal context.
Example: "The court found sufficient evidence to support the claim of the act of abusing the vulnerable population."
Alternatives: "abusive behavior" or "act of mistreatment".
Four former members of a youth group he runs have accused him of repeatedly coercing them into homosexual sex acts, and of abusing his considerable moral authority over them while plying them with cash, new cars, lodging and lavish trips.
For an act of abuse to be considered torture, the abuser must be inflicting pain "of such a high level of intensity that the pain is difficult for the subject to endure".
Removing him from them is considered practically an act of abuse.
The archdiocese said that 38 of its priests and deacons and 7 priests from other dioceses serving on its territory committed at least one act of abuse of a minor from 1950 to 2002, or 1.19percentt of the total of 3,780.
Its most dangerous legacy was not the well-worn notion that the representation of something encourages people to do it, but the new if related idea that portrayal was of itself an act of abuse.
Some American bishops also complained that a priest who had committed one act of abuse against a minor many years ago should not necessarily be expelled from the ministry if he had repented and otherwise redeemed himself.
The soldiers who engaged in this wanton act of abuse against two professional journalists must face legal consequences, and commanders must make clear that such actions are incompatible with IDF standards and will not be tolerated in future".
On the issue of dismissal from the priesthood, for example, it seeks to steer a middle course, calling for the return to lay status of any who in the future commit a single act of abuse of a minor and all who in the past have committed more than one such offense.
And they suggest a different kind of whistleblower at work: someone whose goal is not to reveal a single act of abuse (and who may not even be entirely familiar with all of the material being turned over), but rather to open up the inner workings of a closed and complex system, to call the world in to help judge its morality.
