Shortly after intelligence officers arrested the judge on charges of corruption, aiding an evasion of justice, abuse of authority and conspiracy.

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Tymoshenko was accused of violating articles 364 and 365 of the Ukrainian criminal code, articles which govern the abuse of authority in office.

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Two Mexican policemen have been charged with rape and abuse of authority after allegedly attacking an Italian woman in the resort of Playa del Carmen.

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Last October, a Ukrainian court found Tymoshenko guilty of abuse of authority for signing overpriced gas contracts with Russia and sentenced her to the seven-year prison term.

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So its members may at last start to see it as their role to be a check on the abuse of executive authority.

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Previous research commissioned by the government into organised satanic abuse followed in the wake of a number of local authority scandals, where claims were found to be without foundation.

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Yet his response to the abuse crisis, which was ultimately a severe crisis of authority, and arguably the greatest test of the Church's authority since the Reformation, was insufficient.

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Most abuse occurs at the hands of trusted family and friends and authority figures.

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Judge Treacy said the courts will act if a public authority puts a child where they will be exposed to the risk of serious harm or abuse.

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