Liberty University in Virginia announced Monday that its board had chosen Jerry Prevo to serve as the acting president of the University after President Jerry Falwell Jr. was placed on indefinite leave after a controversial photo. The former Liberty University president had apologized for the photo while adding that the picture was “just in good fun.”“I’ve apologized to everybody,” Falwell said in an interview last week with Lynchburg radio station WLNI. LIBERTY UNIVERSITY'S JERRY FALWELL JR. Falwell led Liberty University since 2007, when he took over the position from his father, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., who founded the school.

Source: Fox News August 11, 2020 03:33 UTC