ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY
The St. Francis Respect Life Ministry promotes the Catholic Church’s teaching on the respect, care, and protection of human life from conception to natural death. The Ministry also aids in affirming the dignity of life and providing support to people in need.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence is a pattern of physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse, which includes, but is not limited to, threats, intimidation, isolation, and/or financial control. Domestic Violence can continue over a long period of time and becomes more frequent and more severe over time. Domestic Violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic Violence affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels. Domestic Violence occurs in both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships and can happen to intimate partners who are married, living together, or dating.
New Jersey’s Legal Definition of Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence means the occurrence of one or more of the following criminal offenses upon a person protected under the “Prevention of Domestic Violence act of 1991,” P.L. 1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et al.): Homicide, Assault, Terroristic Threats, Kidnapping, Criminal Restraint, False Imprisonment, Sexual Assault, Criminal Sexual Contact, Lewdness, Criminal Mischief, Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Harassment, Stalking, Criminal Coercion, Robbery, Contempt of a Domestic Violence Order, Cyber Harassment and any crime involving risk of death or serious bodily injury.
Who can be a victim of Domestic Violence?
Domestic Violence acts are established by the relationship between the offender and the victim. A person protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act is 18 years of age or older, or who is an emancipated minor, and who has been subjected to domestic violence by a spouse, former spouse, or any other person who is a present or former household member. Any person, regardless of age, sex, or physical/psychological condition, who has been subjected to domestic violence by one of the following actors:
- A person with whom the victim has a child in common
- A person with whom the victim anticipates having a child in common, if one of the parties is pregnant.
- A person with whom the victim has had a dating relationship
For more information, please see the following websites: Bergen County Alternatives to Domestic Violence
https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/divisions-of-alternatives-to-domestic-violence/alternatives-to-domestic-violence
New Jersey State Police Domestic Violence Info:
https://www.njsp.org/division/operations/domestic-violence-info.shtml
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