Jerry Falwell Jr., the controversial president and chancellor of Liberty University, will take an immediate and indefinite leave of absence after a photo surfaced showing him with his pants unzipped and his arm around a woman. The move, announced late Friday, came a day after Rep. Mark Walker, a Republican congressman from North Carolina and former Liberty instructor, called on Falwell to resign.
In a news release the university said its governing board had unanimously voted for Falwell to take the leave, “to which he has agreed, effective immediately.”
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