William Atwell, assistant professor at the Conservative Christian Free University in Virginia, has been charged with kidnapping and sexual assault of a student in American Sign Language for the Deaf and Mute where he works.
The student, whose name has not been named, reported the incident to the university administration, which notified the police about the incident. Atwell was arrested on 20 November and is under investigation. An administration official said Atwell had been suspended from work pending the investigation. Inappropriate sexual contact with students is strictly prohibited, the administration said in a statement.
The university has been criticized in the past for handling allegations of sexual assault on its campus. Several women, former university students and faculty members, and one underage girl who did not attend university, filed a federal lawsuit in federal court, accusing the institution of creating an “unhealthy environment” and disciplining those who reported it. kind of incidents.
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