Abuse

PFA to make racist abuse a sacking offence for footballers

25 May 2012

• Racist abuse set to be deemed as gross misconduct • Premier League and Football League backing expected Racist abuse will become a sackable offence for professional footballers next season, as part of significant changes being made to every Premier League and Football League player's contract. Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, is behind the ...

Game Is Designed to Help Doctors to Spot Drug Abuse

24 May 2012

A new video game draws on technology used to train F.B.I. agents and is meant to help doctors look for warning signs of patients likely to abuse prescription painkillers.

Senior U.S. priest defends response to child sex abuse complaint

24 May 2012

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A senior church official on Thursday defended his response to a child abuse victim who was told that a predator priest could not be punished because he had sex with women too and therefore was "not a pure pedophile." Under intense cross-examination by the prosecution, Monsignor William Lynn of the Philadelphia Archdiocese testified in his own defense for the second day ...