Police Criticize Byu Investigations Into Sex Assault Victims

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several Utah police officials are joining in calls to change Brigham Young University's practice of opening honor code investigations into students after they report being sexually assaulted, as more sexual assault victims reach out to police to say they have felt silenced by the policy. Most of the sexual assault victims who have come forward in recent weeks simply want to be heard, but one woman recently asked to file a police report after keeping quiet for about six years, said Kortney Hughes, coordinator for Provo Police's victim services department. Created by students in 1949, it prohibits such things as "sexual misconduct," or "obscene or indecent conduct or expressions." The Associated Press doesn't normally identify possible victims of sex crimes, but Dietz said she wants her name to be used so she can share her story with other survivors. The school said it would never expel a student for getting pregnant from a rape, and that bishops are not allowed to share information without a student's consent. Last week, dozens of BYU students, alumni and others gathered at the campus entrance to present petition signatures to BYU's president, calling on the university to give victims immunity from honor code violations committed in the lead-up to a sexual assault.

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