Bob Jones University stifled sex abuse claims: ‘If you report it, you hurt the body of Christ’

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Bob Jones University stifled sex abuse claims: ‘If you report it, you hurt the body of Christ’
By Travis Gettys
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:36 EST

A conservative Christian university abruptly dismissed the consulting firm it had hired to look into its handling of sexual assault investigations.

Until recently, students at Bob Jones University who sought counseling for sex abuse were told not to report their claims because turning in a fellow fundamentalist would damage Jesus Christ, reported the New York Times.

Most of the students reported sex abuse that happened when they were children but sought help later, as college students, and administrators branded the victims as liars and sinners, the paper reported.

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But the university had already fallen under scrutiny after one of its board members was accused of covering up a rape at his congregation and publicly shaming the victim.