Liberty announces investigation into Falwell's tenure
Source: Associated Press
SARAH RANKIN and ELANA SCHOR
Aug. 31, 2020
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 3:14 p.m.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the evangelical school's board announced Monday.
In a statement, the board said it had retained an outside firm to investigate all facets of the school's operations under Falwell, and that it was committed to learning the consequences that have flowed from a lack of spiritual stewardship by our former president.
Calls for such an investigation had been mounting since Falwell's departure last week from the post he had held since 2007.
He officially resigned on Tuesday, after a confusing day of back-and-forths about whether or not he would be leaving. His departure came after a news outlet published an interview with Giancarlo Granda, a much younger business partner of the Falwell family. Granda said that he had a yearslong sexual relationship with Becki Falwell and that Jerry Falwell participated in some of the liaisons as a voyeur.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Liberty-announces-investigation-into-Falwell-s-15528167.php
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)Like the board didn't know what a scumbag Falwell was.....yeah, right. Can you spell C.Y.A.?
LastDemocratInSC
(3,625 posts)Yeehah
(4,524 posts)The money that Falwell swindled from them.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,625 posts)The school was receiving about 700 million from student loans and other sources and spending about 250 million on instruction costs. Much of the surplus was going into real estate purchases. Falwell is a developer and that's what he knows to do. They pretty much own Lynchburg now and extract gobs of money from rental payments. I doubt he, or his cronies, were able to keep their hands out of the cookie jars.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It is all about the money. They couldnt care less about anything else.
amcgrath
(397 posts)Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart etc. When they get busted, someone who was below them in the organization tries to cut all ties and usurp the business.