“The University is appalled by the crimes of Alexander Woolf and extends its full sympathy to his victims. A number of the women he targeted came to know Woolf while he was an undergraduate at Cambridge and it is hard to comprehend the sense of shock and betrayal they must be experiencing. The University does not tolerate sexual abuse or harassment and urges anyone affected to report it immediately.

“In the case of Woolf, we were unaware of his crimes until the court case closed on August 18th. Woolf was an undergraduate studying Music from 2013 to 2016. We can find no evidence that he was employed in a teaching capacity at any stage by the Faculty of Music. In the days since the court case, it has come to light that he supervised a few students on an occasional basis at one of our colleges. The college strongly supports the University’s stance on harassment and sexual misconduct, and is in the process of contacting those students to offer support and to ensure that they have not been affected. Due to the small number of people involved, we do not plan to identify the college as it could lead to the identification of innocent individuals. Separately, the college at which he was an undergraduate has been contacting and supporting students with whom he was associated."
 


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