More on Kevin Morrissey and the Virginia Quarterly Review

Waldo Jaquith, a former Virginia Quarterly Review staffer who resigned days before managing editor Kevin Morrissey committed suicide, has been trying to keep information about the circumstances of Morrissey's death flowing on the C-Ville News blog.

(UPDATE: Jaquith rescinded his resignation in order to help finish the fall issue, so he is not yet a former staffer as originally reported).

The most contentious aspects of what has so far been made public—most notably by a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education—are allegations that workplace bullying by editor Ted Genoways played some part in Morrissey's suicide. In the comments to Jaquith's most recent post, Lloyd Snook—a lawyer retained by Genoways—has attempted to clear the air about the editor's role in the tragedy:

Mr. Genoways is not under any criminal investigation. Period.

One reason that I have been handling press inquiries is that Ted takes seriously the absolute requirement to maintain confidentiality on matters pertaining to University employment matters. Even when he is under attack by those who are not bound by, or are not willing to adhere to, the confidentiality requirements, he is trying to follow the rules.

The article in the Chronicle of Higher Education contains a LOT of factual errors, and we have been consulting with the University about addressing those errors. However, consistent with the confidentiality policy, if there are corrections about matters that pertain to University affairs, we expect that the University will make those corrections.

Ted Genoways will explain himself to the University at the appropriate time, but we will not be litigating this in the press.

Read more here.