Sentence examples for credible abuse from inspiring English sources

More immediately, the trial promises to further roil the 1.5 million-member Philadelphia Archdiocese, which was convulsed by grand jury reports in 2005 and 2011 alleging that it had not responded forcefully to dozens of credible abuse complaints and had allowed known offenders to have continued contact with children.

Monsignor Lynn was indicted after a scathing grand jury report last year accused him and other senior church officials of playing down credible abuse charges against dozens of priests, and of working to protect the archdiocese from scandal and lawsuits rather than to protect children.

Also, the 75 credible abuse cases were overlooked with the report focusing on doubts about the actual torture of pardoned death row inmates.

But the fish does, as they say, rot from the head down, and between 1981 and 2013, it fell to the pontiff and the prefect for the Confederation of the Faith (formerly "The Inquisition") to handle every credible sex abuse charge involving a Roman Catholic cleric in every diocese in the world.

Since coming to Rockville Centre, Bishop Murphy has formulated new policies on abusive priests, has removed several priests facing credible allegations of abuse and has turned over church records of an unspecified number of abuse cases to the district attorneys in Nassau and Suffolk.

He said that he had seen many patients who told of sexual abuse, credible and not, and that he considered her entirely believable.

The principles urged bishops to respond promptly to credible accusations of abuse, to relieve offending priests from their ministries, to comply with laws requiring the reporting of sexual abuse to civil authorities, to treat victims with compassion and to deal with sexual abuse as openly as possible while respecting the privacy of those involved.

The thin evidence against him is tainted by his credible allegations of abuse.

But although there are credible allegations of abuse, many accusations directed at the camps are unsubstantiated.

There have been no credible reports of abuse or substantial complaints about the physical conditions of the detainees.

A physician is required by law to report credible suspicions of abuse, and the doctor called child-protective services.