the men of tis campus are filled with a joy in being a gentleman to every girl. (frankly, my dear, i would stay clear of all of those guys. Christendom College Reviews - Niche Students to Spend Spring Break on Mission Trips, Womens Basketball Takes Runner-Up in Conference Tournament, Christendom Rugby Punches Ticket to Nationals. Its not completely new to me, since Gasp! Could more evidence have been gathered? A school cannot beyond a shadow of a doubt prevent rape, but you can reduce the risk of it, and one of the key arguments in this piece is that excessively strict PDA rules result in private, remote areas being the normal location for healthy romantic affection. This article smacks of a smear job, and there are so many lies and misrepresentations in this article, I dont even know where to begin. Here he was accused of rape, but they got him on harassment to be banned from the campus. A longtime economics and political science professor at Christendom College in Virginia has been charged with solicitation of a minor under the age of 16 and two counts of . I want trying to make things seem like a cheap sex novel, just trying to illustrate that things can happen quickly without us really knowing what is going on, which we can later regret. Were charged ever filed? Banning them from living on campus and allowing a professor to shelter them does not protect other students.. I wasn't really prepared for the amount of raw heresy I was surrounded with. They have a right to speak about the crimes committed against them. It is not uncommon, either. They say your views are dangerous, hateful, fearful, or racist . The fact that their anger is not directed towards say the park police, the legal system, but at a school that issued the ONLY punishment(however minor), is basically proof of this. [27], On January 16, 2018, Catholic blogger Simcha Fisher broke the story of three rape and sexual harassment allegations by students of the college. Its something I can share with bubble parents. He encouraged her to get counseling and to tell the school administration what had happened. Another tangential point: I dont understand the outrage communicated by so many that the standards for women are so much higher than the one for men, and that a great amount of responsibility rests on our shoulders to keep men chaste. Kissing allowed. At first she didnt want to allow that word, and grew defensive, blaming herself for the assault. I feel challenged, respected, and loved by my teachers and am so grateful to be their student. Here is another crazy thought. But Jenislawski was the first one who made her feel like the rape wasnt her fault. Thats not how it works in any of the college towns Ive lived in, and I live in one now, where we also have a military base, and the base police dont have jurisdiction outside the base, for the most part. Its not a matter of my comfort. Its a matter of seeking the common good. Second, the rape occurred off campus; and so the school considered itself helpless to respond to it. That doesnt really sound like they didnt take it seriously, but that they went above and beyond the accusation at face value and tried to address it by doing extensive research. I was at Saint Marys in South Bend and we had a student body of about 1,500, tops. It may be that the whole thing wasnt handled as it should have been, but then, how should it have been handled? Never, under any circumstances, admit that it was a complicated process that involved implementing a parallel judicial system. Mark Fusco - Priest in Residence - Christendom College | Business A recent blog, which contains misleading information and serious inaccuracies, was posted about Christendom College. She had been diagnosed with depression and an anxiety disorder after graduating high school, and her anxiety kicked in at this point.