A lawsuit contends the university failed to investigate a reported rape or take other actions to help the student who reported it — and then retaliated against her.

Liberty University has failed for years to keep its campus safe and repeatedly violated the federal law that specifies how it should do so, according to preliminary confidential findings from an ...

Liberty University reportedly makes rape victims face punishment for having premarital sex. Shutterstock/The Old Major ProPublica said it also spoke to more than 50 former students and staffers as ...

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016 file photo, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., poses during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va. Falwell filed a lawsuit Wednesday ...

In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., poses during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ...

Liberty University was founded in 1971 in Lynchburg, Virginia by Jerry Falwell, a televangelist, pastor and the founder of the Moral Majority, a conservative political lobbying group that was ...

In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., poses during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ...

On August 7, Liberty University’s executive committee said they asked Falwell Jr. to take an “indefinite leave of absence” after he posted a photo on Instagram that showed him with his pants ...

President Donald Trump, left, talks with Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Jr. during commencement ceremonies at the school in Lynchburg, Virginia, on May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ...

Liberty University is suing former president Jerry Falwell Jr. for millions of dollars, accusing him of withholding damaging personal information from school officials while negotiating a ...