by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2020 | Headlines, Religion
The pool boy who had an affair with Jerry Falwell’s wife Becki now claims the former Liberty University president is a ‘predator’ who sent him a photograph of a female student exposing herself on the family’s Virginia farm. Giancarlo Granda,...
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Religion
In a break from her family’s support of Donald Trump, the granddaughter of evangelical leader Billy Graham has penned an emphatic rebuke of the president and the church that supports him. Writing in USA Today Jerushah Duford called on evangelical Christian women...
by Jim Heath | Aug 24, 2020 | Headlines, Religion
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed tonight that he had resigned from evangelical Liberty University – ending a bizarre episode in which he was said to have quit, and then denied it. Falwell told ABC that his resignation was official, and he was stepping down as...
by Jim Heath | Aug 24, 2020 | Headlines, Religion
In a claim likely to intensify the controversy surrounding one of the most influential figures in the American Christian conservative movement, a business partner of Jerry Falwell Jr has come forward to say he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell’s...
by Jim Heath | Aug 16, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines, Joe Biden, Religion, Trump
Donald Trump is losing ground among typically Republican-voting Mormons in Arizona, as some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints take a surprising turn and put their support behind Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Yasser Sanchez, who twice worked...
by Jim Heath | Aug 8, 2020 | Headlines, Religion
Jerry Falwell Jr., an early and prominent supporter of President Trump, will take a leave of absence from leading Liberty University after posting a provocative photo to social media that drew widespread criticism, including from other evangelical leaders. The school...
