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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFalwell taking "indefinite leave of absence" from Liberty University
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/us/jerry-falwell-jr-liberty-university-leave/index.html(CNN)Jerry Falwell Jr., the president and chancellor of Liberty University, has agreed to take an "indefinite leave of absence," according to a statement Friday from the evangelical Christian university.
The leave of absence is effective immediately, the statement said. The executive committee of the university's board of trustees made the request of Falwell. The board did not provide a reason for Falwell's leave in its statement.
CNN has reached out to Falwell for comment. In a separate statement, Jerry Prevo, chairman of the university's board of trustees, said the Lynchburg, Virginia-based university has "experienced unprecedented success" during Falwell's 13 years as president.
"Unfortunately, with this success and the burdens of leading a large and growing organization comes substantial pressure," Prevo said in the statement. "Today, my colleagues and I on the Liberty University Board of Trustees and Jerry mutually agreed that it would be good for him to take an indefinite leave of absence."
What a bunch of chickenshits. Why didn't they just fire him? For moral turpitude - isn't that the boiler plate term for acting like an asshole?
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Falwell taking "indefinite leave of absence" from Liberty University (Original Post)
yellowcanine
Aug 2020
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Wouldn't have anything to do with that PICTURE on the Yacht now would it?
LOLOLOLOLOL ...
Buh-Bye JFJr!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. I'ma keep my mouth shut this time ... (nt)
secondwind
(16,903 posts)8. Every time I see this photo, it rattles me up and makes me soo MAD!!
Who is this young woman, who raised her, does she value herself??!!?? My daughter and granddaughter would never behave this way!
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)10. These are rhetorical questions?
manhattan123
(302 posts)3. He's leaving to spend more time with his pool boy.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)5. Who's a good boy NOW?
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)6. Does this mean Bubbles is the new president of "Liberty Univ?"
madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)7. "Unfortunately, with this success and the burdens
of leading a large and growing organization comes substantial pressure.
Lordy, what a pile of bullshit.
Poor Jerry, Jr. I guess his job was so stressful he couldnt stop himself from acting like an asshole.
Chainfire
(17,538 posts)9. Indefinite, it this case, is defined as:
until this story fades....
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)11. Just more time on the yacht for him
and his friends and fellow Christians.