Sexual Assault Survivors Find Themselves Under Suspicion at BYU

Madeline MacDonald was a freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted. The Seattle 19-year-old had met a man through the online dating site Tinder. He said he was Mormon, which put MacDonald at ease, and she agreed to meet him for hot chocolate. They never made it to a cafe, though. Instead, the man drove her up into the mountains and molested her. Campus officials opened a sexual assault investigation. But they also opened an inquiry to determine whether MacDonald had violated the private Mormon university's Honor Code, which requires that student adhere to the school’s strict rules for proper behavior – no swearing, caffeine, tobacco, alcohol or premarital sex. Suddenly, MacDonald said she felt like a suspect.

・ From Los Angeles Times