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Campus

Light up the Night: Support for sexual violence survivors

Josie Jeanell Outen
By Josie Jeanell Outen
September 28, 2024 09:40 PM
On Sept. 20, various organizations gathered at Brigham Square for Light up the Night, a back-to-school event designed to support survivors of sexual and domestic violence and raise awareness of available resources.
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Campus

Forty percent of Utahns disagree child sexual abuse is a problem in their communities, new study shows

By Andrew Osborn
February 21, 2024 12:00 AM
A research summary focused on collecting Utahns' perspectives of child sexual abuse was published earlier this year by the Utah Women and Leadership Project.
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Local

Former BYU professor charged with 5 additional counts of forcible sexual abuse

By Decker Westenburg
January 25, 2022 12:00 AM
Former BYU professor Michael James Clay has been charged with five additional counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 14.
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Local

Rape Crisis Team provides refuge to victims of rape and sexual assault

By Kristine Kim
February 04, 2021 12:00 AM
Orem's volunteer Rape Crisis Team is a vital resource for those in Utah County who are victims of sexual assault and rape.
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Campus

BYU and #MeToo: Has the climate improved on campus?

By Emily Andersen
July 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Leer en español: BYU y #MeToo: ¿Cómo el clima ha mejorado en el campus?
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Campus

Former BYU professor charged with sexually abusing a student

By Sydnee Gonzalez
June 25, 2020 12:00 AM
Leer en español: Se acusa ex-profesor de BYU con abuso sexual de una estudiante
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Religion

Poland's Catholic Church set to release sex abuse statistics

By Associated Press
March 14, 2019 12:00 AM
Workers dismantling a statue of the late Solidarity-era priest, Henryk Jankowski, following a decision by city councilors remove it, amid allegations Jankowski sexually abused minors, in Gdansk, Poland, on Friday, March 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
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World

Thing you should know today: 3/14/19

By Lauren Lethbridge
March 14, 2019 12:00 AM
Traffic stops in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Tower Road as a late winter storm packing hurricane-force winds and snow sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Auora, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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State

2019 Utah legislative session focuses on victims of violence, harassment

By Harriet Norcross
March 13, 2019 12:00 AM
A common thread connecting multiple bills from the 2019 legislative session is a focus on victims of violence and sexual harassment or abuse.
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Featured

Things you should know today: 3/11/19

By Lauren Lethbridge
March 11, 2019 12:00 AM
In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Uncategorized

Tape appears to show R. Kelly sexually abusing girls

By Associated Press
March 11, 2019 12:00 AM
Gary Dennis, seated with Lawyer Gloria Allred, speaks during a press conference announcing a video tape said to present further evidence of wrongdoing by recording artist R. Kelly Sunday, March 10, 2019, in New York. Dennis (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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State

HB287: Bill would expand 'special trust' penalty to higher education employees in sexual abuse cases

By Harriet Norcross
February 25, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU students eat and do homework on the BYU campus. HB287 would extend aggravated sexual abuse of a child protections to higher education students under the age of 18. (Universe file photo)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 2/22/19

By Morgan March
February 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Pope Francis, center, makes his way to the second day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 22. Pope Francis has issued 21 proposals to stem the clergy sex abuse around the world, calling for specific protocols to handle accusations against bishops and for lay experts to be involved in abuse investigations. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)
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World

Things you should know today: 2/7/19

By Sydnee Gonzalez
February 07, 2019 12:00 AM
Pope Francis blesses a boy during a mass at the Sheikh Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. After returning to Rome, Francis addressed the Catholic Church's scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Campus Events

Women's Conference: Ways sexual assault survivors can 'bloom'

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
May 03, 2018 12:00 AM
Julie Valentine spoke on healing from sexual abuse at a session of BYU Women's Conference. Valentine is a BYU nursing professor and has been a nurse for 34 years. (BYU Photo)
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Capital West News

HB177: Utah Legislature looks to revise how victims of trauma treated

By Sahalie Donaldson
January 31, 2018 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah lawmakers are preparing a bill aimed at improving the way emotional trauma victims are treated in the criminal justice system.
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Featured

Things you should know today: 1/31/18

By Jacob Walters
January 31, 2018 12:00 AM
In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Featured

Speaking out about sexual abuse 'not enough'

By Eleanor Cain Adams
October 25, 2017 12:00 AM
Elizabeth Smart, third from left, participates as a panelist in 'Smart Talks: I've Never Told Anyone ...' on Oct. 20, 2017 as part of BYU's Voices for Courage campaign. (Ty Mullen)
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