Inside Higher Ed
By Scott Jaschik
October 1, 2018
Catholic University on Friday announced that it was suspending Will Rainford as dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service, the university's social work school, amid anger by many students and professors over tweets he made criticizing one of the accusers of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rainford tweeted -- using his official dean's handle -- about Julie Swetnick. She is the third woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. She has said that she saw him at high school parties where she said he participated in verbal abuse of girls and encouraged them to drink to a point where they would not be able to prevent boys from sexually assaulting them. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
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