Updated at 9:45 p.m.: Revised to include new plaintiffs in Title IX lawsuit.

Baylor University officials have finally broken their silence over the sexual-violence scandal that led to the departure of football coach Art Briles and school president Kenneth Starr.

Also Friday, two more women who criticized Baylor's response after they reported sexual assaults were added to a Title IX lawsuit against the school.

In interviews with The Wall Street Journal, regents at the university released findings from an outside investigation conducted by Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton.

The scandal involved 17 women who reported domestic violence or sexual assaults that involved 19 players since 2011. Four were alleged gang rapes, according to Baylor regents.

In at least one of the cases, regents said, Briles knew about the complaint but didn't alert police or the proper Baylor officials.

The investigation showed that some players allegedly took part in a "horrifying and painful" string of sexual assaults over several years, according to one regent.

Briles' lawyer, Ernest Cannon of Stephenville, told the Journal he couldn't respond to Baylor's latest claims because neither he nor Briles were given details of the allegations.

The university has been widely criticized for its silence and secrecy regarding the sexual-assault allegations and investigation. Lawsuits from more than a dozen former students alleging Baylor repeatedly disregarded reports of sexual assault have been filed against the school.

The two women added Friday to the Title IX lawsuit are the ninth and 10th plaintiffs in that case, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. They are referred to only as Jane Doe 9 and Jane Doe 10.

According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe 9 says she was assaulted in November 2014, and she alleges that Bayolr's Office of Judicial Affairs "was not interested or concerned with the assault but did take interest in the fact that students were drinking at the time and place of the assault."

"Judicial Affairs failed to refer Jane Doe 9 to the Title IX office, failed to refer her to the counseling center, failed to offer recommendations, failed to take a written report, and to the best of Jane Doe 9's recollection, failed to even write down here name," the lawsuit says. "Jane Doe 9 left the Judicial Affairs Office with only a lecture on drinking."

Ken Starr, then Baylor's president, with the school's mascot before a football game between the Bears and the University of Texas in Waco on Dec. 3, 2011. (Vernon Bryant / Staff Phptographer)

She reported that the trauma led to her developing a severe case of shingles and failing her classes that semester, resulting in lost scholarships.

Jane Doe 10 said she reported a February 2016 sexual assault to Waco police.

"While the Title IX office did conduct an investigation, it did so in a way that substantially prejudiced Jane Doe 10 and in a manner that suggests the investigation was in name only with the outcome predetermined," the lawsuit says.

Starr, who left his position this summer in what was called a "mutually agreed separation," has criticized the lack of transparency on the part of the regents. He said he was never briefed on the findings that are now being released, according to the Journal.

Briles, who became well-known for turning Baylor's football team into one of the top college teams in the nation, said in an interview with ESPN that he felt remorse for what took place at the school under his leadership.

"I made mistakes," he said. "I did wrong, but I'm not doing this trying to make myself feel better for apologizing. I understand I made some mistakes. There was some bad things that went on under my watch."

A sign at Baylor's practice field this spring reminded players that "Real Men Respect Women." (Shehan Jeyarajah / Special Contributor/via Twitter)

Last month, Baylor's Title IX coordinator, Patty Crawford, resigned after complaining that the university was blocking her efforts to improve its handling of sexual-assault allegations. She was hired by Baylor in 2014 after one of its former football players was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a female student.

In response to Crawford's complaint, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has begun investigating how the school handled allegations of sexual violence.

Crawford is expected to appear on 60 Minutes Sports on Tuesday to discuss her resignation.

Baylor has hired a public relations firm, G.F. Bunting + Co, to deal with the scandal. The firm's website says it specializes in helping universities defend themselves against criticism, including that involving their handling of Title IX complaints.

Baylor did not respond to any questions and did not provide any comment concerning the timing of the regents' remarks. More than a dozen regents did not respond to calls from The Dallas Morning News.

Staff writers Sue Ambrose and Tom Steele contributed to this report.