(The Roys Report) Despite IRS rules against inurement, former Liberty University spokesman, Johnnie Moore, suggested in an email leaked to The Roys Report that Liberty create a title for longtime Trustee Jerry Vines “to justify” paying Vines a proposed pension. The email was sent in 2019 to former Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell, Jr., as Vines—a prominent Southern Baptist pastor—was facing allegations he protected a serial sex abuser.
Liberty’s latest 990 tax form shows Vines, who’s now on Liberty’s Executive Committee, has received zero compensation for his service as a trustee.