PHC Chancellor Michael Farris Responds to Independent Review Committee Report

This morning, PHC Chancellor Michael Farris responded to the Independent Review Committee’s report on campus sexual assault.

PHC Independent Review Committee Releases Final Report and Recommendations on Campus Sexual Assault

The PHC Independent Review Committee report is out, and the results aren’t pretty.

Apostate: Lillia Munsell’s Story

“I paid dearly for the privilege of a year at Patrick Henry College, the conservative Christian school frequently called God’s Harvard.”

I Hope That No One Will Send You Lies About Our School: Adriel’s Story

“I hope that no one will send you lies about our school. (Of course, knowing the internet, that is certain to happen.)”

Getting My Wings Back

“So I saw Maleficent over the weekend. And for me and many other sexual assault survivors, that gut-wrenching scene where Stefan cuts off Maleficent’s wings instantly read as rape.”

Sobbin’ Women and a Rubber Duck: Ellynn’s Story

“One day last week I was at work and I caught myself absently singing ‘Sobbin’ Women’ from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and nearly threw up. Literally, and let me tell you it was unexpected.”

And The Music Was There: glor’s Story

“The music was there. It was there as I burned out the bitterness, screaming my tears of pain to the heavens. It was there as I sobbed in my friend’s arms. It was there the nights that I woke up screaming from the nightmares of the pain and the terror.”

PHC Alumni Association Issues Statement to PHC Board on Sexual Assault Cases

Patrick Henry College’s Alumni Association (PHCAA), a volunteer-led self-governed membership organization that provides service to PHC alumni, issued an official statement over the weekend to the college’s Board, Faculty, and Staff concerning the college’s handling of sexual cases on its campus.

Patrick Henry College Releases Statement on Sexual Assault Cases

“Yesterday, PHC’s Office of Communications released a ‘Statement by Patrick Henry College to concerned alumni and students about article in The New Republic.’ It was disseminated yesterday to alumni and today to PHC’s general student body.”

Dear Michael Farris, Sexual Abuse Isn’t a “Basic Strength” That “Can Get Out of Control”

“On Sunday, HSLDA’s Michael Farris made his first public statement on the recent controversies surrounding Doug Phillips’s clergy sexual abuse and Bill Gothard’s sexual child abuse. His statement is inexcusably horrible.”