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‘Physically retarded’: Jerry Falwell Jr. derided Liberty students, parents, and faculty in emails

By Tim Pearce
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‘Physically retarded’: Jerry Falwell Jr. derided Liberty students, parents, and faculty in emails

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has bashed his university’s students and faculty in dozens of emails since he started leading the school in 2008.

Falwell is son of the televangelist and pastor Jerry Falwell, who died in 2007. Since taking over his father’s Virginia-based university, Falwell Jr. has been caught up in several scandals and has asked federal agents to investigate recent leaks of his communications for evidence of lawbreaking.

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