The Jane Does of Liberty U
A History of Silence and Silencing
8 min readNov 2, 2021
In 2009 Heather Wendel walked into Liberty University as a student, involved in her classes and excited to be in college. A few months later she was sexually assaulted.
In early 2010, Wendel made a report of her assault to the university. She says she sent in the report and was harassed by classmates about it the next year. When the…