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- Liberty University announced on Friday that President Jerry Falwell Jr. is going on an “indefinite” leave of absence.
- “The Executive Committee of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees, acting on behalf of the full Board, met today and requested that Jerry Falwell, Jr. take an indefinite leave of absence from his roles as President and Chancellor of Liberty University, to which he agreed, effective immediately,” read a statement from the school.
- Liberty University is an evangelical Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia, founded by Falwell Jr.’s father Jerry Falwell, a televangelist and conservative activist.
- Falwell Jr. was heavily criticized this week after he posted and deleted a photo of himself on a yacht with his pants unzipped and his arm around a woman. It’s unclear if this pressure led to his leave of absence.
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