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‘They All Got Careless’: How Falwell Kept His Grip on Liberty Amid Sexual ‘Games,’ Self-Dealing
The deposed university president secured backing by ousting critics and hiring the family members and businesses of loyalists.
The former student, a member of a band with the Falwells’ son Trey, has saidthat Becki initiated oral sex with him while he stayed overnight at the Falwell home, following other attempts to seduce him.
A close friend and neighbor of the Falwells told POLITICO that Becki confided to her about the relationship with the student. When the friend warned that Jerry would be upset to hear about it, the friend said, Becki told her that the only thing Jerry would be upset about was that he didn’t have a chance to watch her have sex with the student.
multiple former university officials and Falwell associates told POLITICO that Jerry frequently shocked them with risqué comments and, in at least two cases, showed off a photo of himself at the beach with his arms around two topless women.
One of Liberty’s most high-profile supporters, board member Mark DeMoss ... was pushed off the board in 2016 after questioning Falwell’s endorsement of Donald Trump over other Republican contenders for president.
After Falwell surprised much of the evangelical world by choosing the twice-divorced Trump, an infrequent churchgoer, over numerous Republican presidential candidates with strong religious backgrounds and evangelical ties, DeMoss made the rare move of speaking publicly about the decision. He told The Washington Post that Trump’s behavior is “not Christ-like behavior that Liberty has spent 40 years promoting with its students.”
Seven weeks later, during the next meeting of the board’s executive committee, the board’s committee members asked DeMoss to resign as chairman.
The deposed university president secured backing by ousting critics and hiring the family members and businesses of loyalists.
The former student, a member of a band with the Falwells’ son Trey, has saidthat Becki initiated oral sex with him while he stayed overnight at the Falwell home, following other attempts to seduce him.
A close friend and neighbor of the Falwells told POLITICO that Becki confided to her about the relationship with the student. When the friend warned that Jerry would be upset to hear about it, the friend said, Becki told her that the only thing Jerry would be upset about was that he didn’t have a chance to watch her have sex with the student.
multiple former university officials and Falwell associates told POLITICO that Jerry frequently shocked them with risqué comments and, in at least two cases, showed off a photo of himself at the beach with his arms around two topless women.
One of Liberty’s most high-profile supporters, board member Mark DeMoss ... was pushed off the board in 2016 after questioning Falwell’s endorsement of Donald Trump over other Republican contenders for president.
After Falwell surprised much of the evangelical world by choosing the twice-divorced Trump, an infrequent churchgoer, over numerous Republican presidential candidates with strong religious backgrounds and evangelical ties, DeMoss made the rare move of speaking publicly about the decision. He told The Washington Post that Trump’s behavior is “not Christ-like behavior that Liberty has spent 40 years promoting with its students.”
Seven weeks later, during the next meeting of the board’s executive committee, the board’s committee members asked DeMoss to resign as chairman.
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