Editing Bob Jones University (section)

===Sexual abuse reports===
In December 2011, in response to accusations of mishandling of student reports of sexual abuse (most of which had occurred in their home churches when the students were minors) and a concurrent reporting issue at a church pastored by a university board member,<ref>[[Trinity Baptist Church Sex Scandal|Trinity Baptist Church]], Concord, New Hampshire, Rev. [[Chuck Phelps]], senior pastor {{cite news|author=Trent Spiner|date=June 19, 2010|title=Man accused in rape admitted paternity; Adoption records released by woman|newspaper=Concord Monitor|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/man-accused-in-rape-admitted-paternity|url-status=dead|access-date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226001635/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/man-accused-in-rape-admitted-paternity|archive-date=December 26, 2010}}</ref> the BJU board of trustees hired an independent ombudsman, GRACE ([[Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment]]), to investigate.<ref name="grace">{{cite web|date=December 11, 2014|title=Investigatory Review of Sexual Abuse Disclosures and Institutional Responses at Bob Jones University|url=http://netgrace.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208123855/http://netgrace.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Report.pdf|archive-date=February 8, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2014|publisher=G.R.A.C.E.}}</ref> Released in December 2014, the GRACE report suggested that BJU had discouraged students from reporting past sexual abuse, and though the university declined to implement many of the report's recommendations, President Steve Pettit formally apologized "to those who felt they did not receive from us genuine love, compassion, understanding, and support after suffering sexual abuse or assault".<ref name="grace" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Bob Jones University Blamed Victims of Sexual Assaults, Not Abusers.|work=The New York Times |date=11 December 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/us/bob-jones-university-sex-assault-victim-study.html|last1=Pérez-Peña |first1=Richard }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=President Pettit Responds to GRACE Recommendations|url=http://www.bju.edu/grace/|access-date=June 14, 2015|work=Bob Jones University}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BJU faulted for response to GRACE report|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/03/23/bju-faulted-response-grace-report/70349122/|website=greenvilleonline.com}}</ref> The university's mishandling of sexual abuse in the past came into light again in August 2020 when a student filed a lawsuit against Bob Jones University and [[Furman University]] alleging both administrations ignored the sexual assault report and expelled the student for consuming alcohol, which is against the Student Code of Conduct handbook.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Walters|first=Haley|title=Former student sues Bob Jones, Furman universities, alleges negligence in sexual assault case|url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2020/08/06/woman-sues-bob-jones-furman-university-sexual-assault-case/3307226001/|access-date=August 9, 2020|website=The Greenville News|date=August 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=August 8, 2020|title=Bob Jones University expelled student soon after reporting sexual assault, lawsuit claims|url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/bob-jones-university-expelled-student-soon-after-reporting-sexual-assault-lawsuit-claims|access-date=August 9, 2020|website=WCIV}}</ref>