Mr. Hynes has come under widespread criticism for failure to prosecute child-abuse cases within Brooklyn's Orthodox neighborhoods.
Mr. Dion said national surveys have shown that less than 10% of abuse cases are reported to police.
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But it was 2001 before he finally stepped in, ordering all abuse cases sent to his office for review.
The IPCC highlighted systemic failures in the force's handling of domestic abuse cases.
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Bishop Moriarty was one of several Irish bishops to resign after the Church was criticised over its handling of abuse cases.
According to a recently released report from the Boy Scouts, police were notified in two-thirds of alleged abuse cases from 1965-1985.
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There are no clear statistics on the number of child abuse cases in India, primarily because of the low reporting of such crimes.
In recent days, victims of sex abuse by priests have called on cardinals, who have admitted to mishandling abuse cases, to not attend the conclave.
The minister welcomed the drop in the number of abuse cases and said the Scottish government was working to put a stop to illegal poisoning.
Cardinal Dolan has been dogged by questions over how he handled sexual abuse cases involving priests while leading the archdiocese of Milwaukee between 2002 and 2009.
One is that in 2001, when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he signed an ill-phrased document that appears to order that child-abuse cases be dealt with in secret.
In July, the pope issued a new set of laws for reviewing abuse cases and defrocking abusive clerics, doubling the statute of limitations for sexual-abuse cases to 20 years.
Although the CDF did not have formal responsibility for child abuse cases until 2001, the Murphy case should have been referred to the Congregation because it involved solicitation in the confessional - one of the most serious offences under church law.
Law enforcement has also become more sophisticated in dealing with child-abuse cases, including refining techniques for interviewing children and using social media to determine whether suspects have established contacts with alleged abuse victims, said Scott Burns, executive director of the National District Attorneys Association.
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While the vast majority of the abuse cases happened in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the recent revelation of more case and the failings of the church in dealing with many of them have left fresh scars that have been slow to heal, victims' advocates say.
However, in sexual abuse cases if there is good evidence of why the victim did not bring the claim, for instance that the abuse had been buried or the abuser had exercised power over the victims not to come forward, the three-year bar will be dropped.
This would tend to reduce the "abuse" cases cited by some patients.
He said in most abuse or neglect cases, the parents still genuinely loved their children but economic or emotional issues made it difficult for them to be good parents.
This tactic, which has become infamous due to its abuse in drug cases, allows the police to seize property without convicting, or even indicting, its owner of any crime.
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Welsh government officials say the changes will help authorities learn lessons from abuse and neglect cases, but it is hoped one of the consequences will be a quicker system.
For example, abuse of the original version over the past 30 days ran at 5.4 cases per hundred, while abuse of the new version settled quickly at about 2.4 cases per hundred.
It also said people who experienced abuse should be given greater access to counselling and therapy and that in all cases reports of abuse should be taken seriously.
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Indonesia slapped moratorium on domestic workers to Malaysia in 2009 after multiple cases of abuse there.
That law bans adoptions by Americans ostensibly because of documented cases of abuse by adoptive parents.
It is has been difficult to prosecute cases of abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community.
That pending law would ban adoptions by Americans ostensibly because of documented cases of abuse by adoptive parents.
Yet cases of abuse are numerous and well-documented, involving timber from Russia, Myanmar and Brazil among other culprits.
It has been difficult to prosecute cases of abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community.
An official inquiry by Lord Laming subsequently laid down a raft of recommendations designed to prevent similar cases of abuse.
Officials said about 600 cases of abuse - most of which took place from 1965 to 1985 - are being reported each year.
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