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The son of Jerry Falwell Jr. is no longer serving in a leadership position at Liberty University, less than a year after his father resigned as president of the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical Christian school amid a sex scandal.
The Freedom Tower at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Tower is the home for Liberty s School of Divinity. | Courtesy Liberty University
The son of Jerry Falwell Jr. is no longer serving in a leadership position at Liberty University, less than a year after his father resigned as president of the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical Christian school amid a sex scandal.
Liberty University spokesperson Scott Lamb told Politico on Wednesday that Jerry Falwell III, also known as Trey Falwell, is “no longer employed by the university.”
Trey Falwell, whose grandfather founded the university in 1971, had served as vice president of support services at Liberty. Before his father s departure, some had assumed that he would one day take over as Liberty president.
The Freedom Tower at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Tower is the home of Liberty s School of Divinity. | Courtesy Liberty University
Liberty University Acting President Jerry Prevo has apologized for participating in and organizing an on-campus snowball fight this week in which participants were photographed without facemasks or social distancing.
Prevo explained in a statement posted to Liberty’s website on Tuesday that as snow fell on much of the East Coast this week, he encouraged students at the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical institution to participate in a large snowball fight on campus Sunday.
“I messed up,” stated the school’s acting president, who took over after the departure of the controversial former president, Jerry Fallwell Jr., last year.