(ChurchLeaders) As Liberty University students started their fall semester on Monday, negotiations between the school’s Board of Trustees and University President Jerry Falwell Jr. were heating up. Falwell, who had already been placed on an indefinite leave of absence earlier this month, incurred another strike calling into question his fitness for leadership when an article emerged on Monday alleging that Falwell and his wife, Becki, were engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a business partner. After announcing he had resigned from Liberty Monday afternoon, Falwell seemed to step back from his resignation, but then late Monday night, reported that he submitted his letter of resignation to the school.