Letter to the editor: Make abusers accountable

Notes: "In your May [2017] issue there was a huge item about another safe house for women and children to be built in Ottawa ('Anglicans launch low-cost housing for women', p. 2). There's nothing to boast about here. This is a disgrace to all Canadians. We approve of violence against women and children by taking the responsibility away from the abusers. Where is the justice in this ? The abusers stay in the family home, and the women and children are sheltered by the public. If would be justice if the abusers were ousted from their homes and made to pay for medical care, counselling and all the families' needs. It would be a good idea also to curtail their freedom of movement, just as they have curtailed the freedom of their families. Abusers have never been made accountable. We are soft on men and hard on women". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Family violence - Canada; Family violence - Law and legislation; Family violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Violence against women - Canada; Violence against women - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Feminist jurisprudence