“Other than God and my family, there is nothing in the world I love more than Liberty University,” Falwell said in a news release Thursday from a law firm representing him. Scott Lamb, a spokesman for the university, said Liberty “leadership teams have important responsibilities this week, serving the Board of Trustees who are in Lynchburg ... On Thursday, Granda said his story was not connected to the Lincoln Project and that he received no financial compensation for coming forward. Jerry Falwell Sr., was a prominent leader of the religious right, a televangelist who helped found Liberty University with a mission of “training champions for Christ.” His brother, the Rev. ADAfter their father’s death in 2007, Jerry Falwell Jr. became president of Liberty, and the public face of the university.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2020 18:44 UTC