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Fine for not reporting abuse
A lawsuit filed in July 2021 by a dozen unnamed students against Liberty claimed the school created an environment that increased the likelihood of sexual assault. The suit asserts the school failed to help victims of sexual assault and that the school’s student honor code made assault more likely by making it difficult or impossible for students to report sexual violence. The suit also claimed the university repeatedly retaliated against women who reported their allegations. <ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/the-liberty-way-how-liberty-university-discourages-and-dismisses-students-reports-of-sexual-assaults</ref>
A lawsuit filed in July 2021 by a dozen unnamed students against Liberty claimed the school created an environment that increased the likelihood of sexual assault. The suit asserts the school failed to help victims of sexual assault and that the school’s student honor code made assault more likely by making it difficult or impossible for students to report sexual violence. The suit also claimed the university repeatedly retaliated against women who reported their allegations. <ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/the-liberty-way-how-liberty-university-discourages-and-dismisses-students-reports-of-sexual-assaults</ref>
The U.S. [[Department of Education]] released a report on March 5, 2024, detailing that Liberty University had fundamentally failed to report and support victims of violence. Sexual assault victims were “punished for violating the student code of conduct,” the report concluded, “while their assailants were left unpunished.” The government found that Liberty’s actions had created a “culture of silence.” The systemic failure resulted in a historic $14 million fine for failing to properly handle reports of sexual assault and other campus safety issues. <ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24459024-daf2e931-bc53-43a4-8006-5689f39e91d0</ref>
===Debate Team Advocacy for Abortion===
===Debate Team Advocacy for Abortion===
Liberty has faced criticism from conservatives for allowing, and even funding, the advocacy of [[abortion]] by its debate team.<ref>http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=590</ref> The criticism for such comes from the fact that the school's ''Liberty Way'' student code of conduct strictly prohibits students from having abortions, prescribing harder punishments for having an abortion than for committing acts that would be classified as misdemeanor crimes in civil society.<ref>As of 2017, the ''Liberty Way'' student code is no longer publicly available on the university's website, but requires a student login and password for access.</ref>
Liberty has faced criticism from conservatives for allowing, and even funding, the advocacy of [[abortion]] by its debate team.<ref>http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=590</ref> The criticism for such comes from the fact that the school's ''Liberty Way'' student code of conduct strictly prohibits students from having abortions, prescribing harder punishments for having an abortion than for committing acts that would be classified as misdemeanor crimes in civil society.<ref>As of 2017, the ''Liberty Way'' student code is no longer publicly available on the university's website, but requires a student login and password for access.</ref>