Jerry Falwell Jr. reportedly resigns from Liberty University

Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned as president of Liberty University, The Religion News Service reports.

The news comes just hours after a Washington Examiner report in which one of Falwell's business partners alleged that he had a years-long sexual relationship with Falwell and his wife, Becki. Falwell was already under scrutiny and went on indefinite leave from his presidency earlier this month after posting a photo of himself with his arm around a woman while they both had their pants partially unzipped, though that was far from the first time he found himself in the spotlight while leading the private evangelic Christian university.

As RNS notes, Liberty alumni and former faculty for weeks had been calling for Falwell to permanently step down from the post which he's held since 2007. Read more at The Religion News Service.

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