Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of #SexualAssault, Other #Crimes
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Spurred by a ProPublica investigation, the federal Department of Education found the evangelical #school in #Virginia had discouraged #students from reporting #rape and other crimes.
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Here's our original investigation that detailed how officials had discouraged and dismissed women who tried to come forward with accounts of sexual assault.
Women who went to school officials to report being raped recalled being threatened with punishment for breaking the university’s strict moral code, known as “The Liberty Way.”
The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.”
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William Robison