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PROVO, Utah- Student Madi Barney claims officials at Brigham Young University in Utah have used her charges of rape filed with the local sheriff's department as an excuse to suspend her from school under the school'sstrict Mormon-influenced Honor Code, which forbids among other things coffee, gambling, homosexual behavior, and premarital sex.
Barney has filed an official federal complaint under the Title IX provision against the school for denying her access to services after she reported her rape to Provo police, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
Additionally, Barney has alleged the school unlawfully obtained the incident report about her rape because the alleged rapist's friend was a sheriff's deputy who turned it over to the school in revenge.
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In response to the uproar her case has created, BYU President Kevin Worthen released a public statement calling for "study of Title IX reporting processes and structure."
Worthen in his statement didn't weigh in directly on whether rape victims should be vulnerable to Honor Code punishments, saying that both protecting victims and maintaining Mormon morals are important to the school.
"Sometimes in the course of an investigation, facts come to light that a victim has engaged in prior Honor Code violations," Worthen wrote. "The university recognizes the inherent tension, in some circumstances, in these two important parts of BYU's efforts to create and maintain an atmosphere consistent with the ideals and principles of the Church. In all Honor Code proceedings, the university strives for fairness, sensitivity and compassion, taking into account all mitigating facts and circumstances."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-madi-barney-byu-rape-title-ix-federal-complaint/
Barney has filed an official federal complaint under the Title IX provision against the school for denying her access to services after she reported her rape to Provo police, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
Additionally, Barney has alleged the school unlawfully obtained the incident report about her rape because the alleged rapist's friend was a sheriff's deputy who turned it over to the school in revenge.
. . . . . .
In response to the uproar her case has created, BYU President Kevin Worthen released a public statement calling for "study of Title IX reporting processes and structure."
Worthen in his statement didn't weigh in directly on whether rape victims should be vulnerable to Honor Code punishments, saying that both protecting victims and maintaining Mormon morals are important to the school.
"Sometimes in the course of an investigation, facts come to light that a victim has engaged in prior Honor Code violations," Worthen wrote. "The university recognizes the inherent tension, in some circumstances, in these two important parts of BYU's efforts to create and maintain an atmosphere consistent with the ideals and principles of the Church. In all Honor Code proceedings, the university strives for fairness, sensitivity and compassion, taking into account all mitigating facts and circumstances."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-madi-barney-byu-rape-title-ix-federal-complaint/