Our hearts ache for this survivor and others who are not provided with accurate information, confidential resources and services to help them through potentially one of the most frightening things that will ever happen to them. This is not ok. The One Student team is committed to helping build communities that will support survivors. Are the resources in your community up to your standards?
By Tom Boggioni
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 19:02 EDT
According to an investigative report from Al Jazeera America, rape victims searching for help at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., were told to repent and seek out their own “root sin” that caused them to be raped.
Within the past year BJU has opened its own investigation into sexual abuse and rape, and now former students who were victimized are coming forward to tell their stories about life on a campus where they were shamed and told to keep their stories to themselves.
Coming from a conservative Mennonite family, Katie Landry, who at age 19 had never even held hands with a boy, was raped multiple times by her supervisor at her summer job. Two years later, haunted by the attacks, and attending Bob Jones University, she sought help from then dean of students, Jim Berg.
“He goes, ‘Well, there’s always a sin under other sin. There’s a root sin,’” Landry explained. “And he said, ‘We have to find the sin in your life that caused your rape.’ And I just ran.”
“He just confirmed my worst nightmare,” she added. “It was something I had done. It was something about me. It was my fault.”
Landry eventually withdrew from the school and didn’t tell anyone else for five more years.
In interviews with Al Jazeera, other victims of abuse related how Biblical scripture was used to lay blame for the rapes on their own sins, and that their trauma was a sign that they were fighting God and would never be at peace until they forgave their rapists.
Called the “Fortress of Fundamentalism, ” Bob Jones University’s philosophical approach to almost all mental problems, beyond medical issues, is that they are the result of sin.
In a 1996 book, ‘Becoming an Effective Christian Counselor,’ written by former BJU Dean of Education Walter Fremont and his wife, counselors are instructed to emphasize that the blame lies with the abuser. However, the authors also state that being sexually assaulted is not an excuse for “sinful feelings” of discontentment, hate, fear, and especially, bitterness; calling unresolved anger “rebellion and bitterness against God.”
Previously Al Jazeera reported on a BJU student named identified only as Lydia, who had been raped off campus and, seeking help, reported it to the school authorities only to eventually be expelled for dwelling upon it and questioning the schools handling of the incident.
16 Comments
It’s enormous that you are getting ideas from this
piece of writing as well as from our discussion made at this place.
It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d definitely
donate to this brilliant blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to
my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this site
with my Facebook group. Chat soon!
0+, is compatible with i – Phone, i – Pad and i – Pod Touch but is found in the i – Phone only section of the App Store.
) It has only gotten more difficult to compare between the carriers.
This will appeal to young adults in their early 20’s and even teenagers who often beg for an i
– Phone as their birthday gift.
Feel free to surf to my blog; Airport City Cheats; Kina,
We do hope can make cooperation with you in the long term If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us
asics running shoes women http://http://www.brands333.com
It is all-natural that you will be tempted by distinct scenarios to place you off track with your
eating and weight loss.
They are the VPNs most frequently used on mobile phones, and after the political stuff that happened
in Egypt earlier this year, it’s been in and out with PPTP and
L2TP connectivity. Many professional food websites provide widgets that you can include on your blog or homepage to display interesting new recipes.
They will see to it that your rights are defended and make sure
that they offer you all of the choices that are in your best recipes app for android interest.
Wow, that’s what I was exploring for, what a
material! existing here at this blog, thanks admin of this
site.
In the case of an customer which has a poor credit history that loan company
will perceive the borrower as a high-risk prescribed ed but you understand, otherwise,
i think it’s going to get a function of, you already know, our concentration inside state, and the place that the catastrophe happens.
What i don’t realize is if truth be told how you are now not really a lot more smartly-favored than you may be now.
You are so intelligent. You know therefore significantly on the subject of this subject, made
me individually consider it from numerous various angles.
Its like women and men are not involved unless it’s one thing to do with Woman gaga!
Your own stuffs great. All the time take care of it up!
You should check out my website, I tried performing some kind
of SEO but it didn’t work though
p.s Never take guidance from people on the
Warrior Forums 🙂
Hеⅼlo i am ҝɑѵіn, іts mу fігѕt ⲟсcaѕiοn tⲟ сօmmentіng anyѡһеre, ᴡҺᥱn і
гᥱaɗ tҺіѕ aгtіcⅼе і
thоugɦt і соᥙlԁ alѕо сгeatᥱ cоmmеnt ɗᥙе to
tɦіѕ ѕеnsiblе агticⅼᥱ.
Loans From Bank Of America specifications [https://reddit.com/] Get Instant Loan
ᖴeᥱⅼ freе tο ѕᥙгf tο mʏ wеƅⲣaցe – Profil von MontyBernh
Im not too a good deal of internet reader actually however your blogs very nice, make it up!
I’ll proceed to bookmark your website to return later.
Each of the best
my blog MarikoPAylor
Good day I am so delighted I found your website, I really found you by
mistake, while I was looking on Google for something else,
Regardless I am here now and would just like to say
thanks for a incredible post and a all round exciting blog (I also love the theme/design),
I dont have time to read through it all at the
minute but I have bookmarked it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be
back to read much more, Please do keep up the awesome work.
my site RonnaZFierra
Im not that a good deal of internet reader in all honesty however your sites really nice, make
it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to
come back down the road. Thanks a lot
my web page … ViolaSArnall