“It will not, however, expose the victims’ names. If they want to step forward, that is their choice.”
As a society, we are trying to figure out what standards of evidence (if any) to apply to these cases. “Beyond a reasonable doubt” may be too high. “Preponderance of evidence” may also be too demanding a standard. “Story sounds plausible” is too low. But a separate issue is whether the accused gets a chance to confront the accuser and try to refute the charges. In my opinion, anonymous denunciations are inherently dangerous. It may be hard, but if you have a problem, you have to step forward and make your case publicly. Those (and there may be many) who are too weak or too afraid to defend themselves may wind up without effective redress, and I feel sympathy for anyone in that situation. I don’t know any answer for them except to encourage them to be strong and stand up for themselves in the face of what amounts to bullying, or to accept their fate in silence if they can’t. Anonymous charges are too prone to abuse to be a workable answer.
Ryan Lizza, a major writer for the New Yorker lost his job with them, plus his teaching job at Georgetown University, plus his appearances on CNN and MSNBC all in one morning due to allegations from a woman who shielded her identity and made her charges through her attorney. We can’t know who she is and his career goes from great to non-existent in no time at all and without any due process that I can see. He may richly deserve it, but we have no way of knowing.
Meaning men can kiss "due process" goodbye.