Student guilty of sexual interference would be escorted off campus: university
CALGARY — The University of Calgary says a student who has been convicted of sexual interference would be escorted off campus if he tried to return and a student sexual assault prevention club says it’s been working hard to respond to the emotional fallout of the controversy.
Provost Dru Marshall said Connor Neurauter, 21, has been advised not to return to school this term or risk being made to leave by campus security.
“There were a number of safety concerns that we took into account in our decision,” she said Friday.”We know that victims of sexual violence … may have been triggered by this incident and we were also worried about his safety, given some of the commentary on social media.”
An online petition demanding Neurauter’s expulsion had more than 58,000 signatures by Friday afternoon, but the university said it did not have the grounds to take that step because his crime took place before he became a student.