Jerry Falwell Jr. Resigns As President Of Liberty University After Allegation Of Affair Involving Wife

Jerry Falwell Jr. Resigns As President Of Liberty University After Allegation Of Affair Involving Wife

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Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to step down as president of Liberty University on Monday following a string of personal scandals that have dogged the leading Christian conservative figurehead and ally of President Trump.

President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr., delivers a speech during the evening session on ... [+] the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.



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A university official confirmed to the Washington Post that Falwell agreed to resign from Liberty University, one of the world's largest evangelical Christian schools, on Monday. 





Falwell has been involved in multiple scandals since taking over as