Steubenville, Ohio
President of Franciscan University resigns
Fr Sean Sheridan has unexpectedly resigned as president of Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.
The university has faced questions over its handling of historical sexual harassment cases. It was also criticised over an incident in January when Stephen Lewis, chairman of the English department, put a novel with blasphemous passages on an advanced reading course. He defended the text, saying that it was not studied for the blasphemy, but to better understand the secular worldview. However, he was removed as department chairman after a storm of criticism.
