SOUTH CAROLINA
Associated Baptist Press
By Bob Allen
Bob Jones University has pulled the plug on an independent investigation into the school’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse, the group hired to conduct the probe announced Feb. 6.
Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE) said they received the “notice of termination” of an agreement signed in November 2012 just days before the group planned to conduct final interviews and begin drafting a report.
“Despite repeated requests, GRACE has not been informed of why the agreement was terminated,” the GRACE team said in a press release. “However, due to the fact that GRACE certainly wishes to keep all options on the table in order to complete what has been started, we have spent the last week in communication with BJU and we remain open to continued dialogue.”
Bob Jones contacted the group founded by Basyle “Boz” Tchividjian, a law professor at Liberty University and grandson of Billy Graham, after nine cases of sexual assault were reported on the campus in Greenville, S.C., in 2011.
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