SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville Online
Written by
Ron Barnett
Staff writer
Bob Jones University and GRACE, a firm the school hired to investigate its past handling of student allegations of sexual abuse, have set a meeting for next week to discuss “concerns of both parties,” according to a BJU statement released today.
The meeting follows a disclosure last week by GRACE, or Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment, that BJU had terminated its contract.
“Bob Jones University and GRACE will meet next week to discuss the concerns of both parties and determine a plan for moving forward,” the school’s statement says. “Bob Jones University and GRACE remain hopeful this project can be completed with GRACE and in so doing raise sexual abuse awareness and minister to victims whose lives have been ravaged by abuse.”
GRACE, based in Lynchburg, Va., also issued a statement about the meeting.
“During the past week, representatives of GRACE and BJU have continued to communicate for the purpose of working out a time for an in-person meeting,” the statement says. “The parties were recently able to schedule such a meeting for next week.
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