Bob Jones fires firm hired to investigate sexual abuse

Bob Jones University has fired an independent firm hired to investigate sexual abuse reports just one month before the group planned to release its 13-month review findings.

The university had contracted with GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment), based in Lynchburg, Virginia, in November 2012.

“Over the last several months, we grew concerned about how GRACE was pursuing our objectives, and on January 27, 2014, BJU terminated its contract with GRACE,” the university said in a press release. “It is BJU’s intention to resolve its differences with GRACE, and we are disappointed a resolution could not be reached before our differences were made public.”