Syracuse University has suspended 15 fraternity members of the university's Theta Tau chapter in connection to videos in which members can be heard hurling racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, sexist and ableist remarks. 

The videos, published in April by Syracuse's The Daily Orange, show members of the engineering fraternity performing egregious skits acting out sexual assault and spewing racial epithets, among other disturbing themes. Students staged protests on campus at the time the videos were released. 

According to CNN, Karen Felter, an attorney for the 15 students, confirmed the students were suspended Tuesday, June 5, indefinitely, for one to two years.

"This means the university does not have any obligation to readmit them once the suspension is over. It is up to their discretion."

Back in April, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud released a statement to the campus community calling the videos "extremely racist."

"Videos showing this offensive behavior have surfaced online," the statement read in part. "They include words and behaviors that are extremely racist, anti-semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities. I am appalled and shaken by this and deeply concerned for all members of our community."

The fraternity apologized insisting the skits were "satirical" with intentions to poke fun at a fraternity member who is a conservative by portraying a "racist conservative character," CNN reported. 

"The new members roasted him by playing the part of a racist conservative character," the fraternity said in a statement. "It was a satirical sketch of an uneducated, racist, homophobic, misogynist, sexist, ableist and intolerant person. The young man playing the part of this character nor the young man being roasted do not hold any of the horrible views espoused as a part of that sketch."

The Theta Tau chapter apologized for its "despicable" sketches to "…anyone of color or of any marginalized group who has seen this video."  

According to CNN, the at-large Theta Tau organization condemned the college chapter's actions amid the release of the videos. 

Gregory Germain, a Syracuse law professor who served as a "procedural adviser" for some of the fraternity members, told CNN that their academic transcripts will note they have been " 'involuntarily withdrawn'" from the university.