After Jerry Falwell Jr.’s departure, Liberty University faces questions about faith, power, accountability

By Susan Svrluga, Michelle Boorstein, and Sarah Pulliam Bailey Liberty University students watched their first all-school convocation of the semester one day after their high-profile president, Jerry Falwell Jr., resigned amid personal scandals. Falwell has been “an inspiration,” said Jerry Prevo, a powerful, fundamentalist pastor from Alaska serving as acting president. He told students that Liberty’s …