A university in westernmost Canada became the latest in North America Wednesday to face a backlash over its handling of sexual assault allegations by students.
Three women at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver, British Columbia alleged that a fellow student sexually assaulted them in separate incidents on campus last semester.
Since then, two of the accusers have dropped out of school, apparently after the man was allowed to continue his studies while under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
“We know of three allegations of sexual assault that were made last semester by female students against one male student,” SFU vice president Jon Driver said in a statement Tuesday.
“The individual who is the subject of these allegations is not on campus,” he said, but did not elaborate on the suspect’s enrollment.
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