In recent years, there have been signs that the untra-fundamentalist Bob Jones University was relaxing some of its absurdly restrictive and extremist policies and practices, but now comes THIS:
<<<<A recently released independent investigation, which interviewed 43 former students from the Protestant Bob Jones University in South Carolina, has found that the school often discouraged self-identified victims of sexual abuse from filing police reports and instead encouraged victims to repent their "sins."
The 300-page report found that over 60 percent of those surveyed who identified as sexual abuse victims said they were either blamed or met with some sort of disparagement when they sought counseling from BJU personnel in light of their sexual abuse experiences. Additionally, the report found that 47 percent of students surveyed who also identified as sexual abuse victims claim they were either directed by school officials not to file a police report or strongly discouraged to file a report and were instead told to "deal with their own sin."
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Randy Page, director of public relations for BJU, told The Christian Post that last week the university's president, Steve Pettit, stated in remarks to the faculty, staff and students that the administration "realized that we have failed in meeting the needs of some who sought our help and we have lost their trust.">>>>
Lost their trust? WOW! Have you ever??!!
