By Chad Quinn.

Some of you may be aware of Scott Lamb [aka Lamb], and his multi-year lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University. That he was terminated from employment relatively soon after Jerry Falwell, Jr.’s firing for Jr.’s own publicized misdeeds is a matter of record with the press, as is Lamb’s choice to make a lawsuit implying wrongful termination. He also has hardly been shy about this lawsuit; he’s essentially boasted of it on the former Twitter/X platform, looked to shore up support from sympathetic media personalities, and more.
 
Below is just one component of the court case. It is exceedingly critical, because not only did it unravel Lamb’s assertions – now made unprovable by his very actions – but in my view goes to the heart of his general character and attests to his willingness to violate his pious past pontifications about the importance of submitting to earthly authority since it is ordained by God himself.
 
Now maybe none of the particulars apply remotely to you. You don’t know these people, don’t care about the specifics of a part of a larger court case. That’s fair. And I envy you to an extent.
 
But even still, here is a man on record before a court of law – a judge who is duly appointed by the US government and by implication of reformed doctrine anointed by God for a Purpose. This man is also a minister of the Bible, a previous Pastor – also by implication anointed by God. And here the very same self-proclaimed minister of God’s divine word, in court leaning on his indelible moral fiber. And finally, here he is, found to have destroyed evidence contrary to Court order, to have dissembled truth the point of credulity before a recognized magistrate.
 
And maybe, to the Christian reader, it isn’t clear why this matters to you. Here it is: this is how the world perceives Conservative Evangelicals more and more.  Because of morally bankrupt leaders like this. “Christian” leadership, “Christian” authors, “Christian” educators, and “Christian” politicians. The non-Christians around you can perceive truth and morality just fine. It is these kinds of false leaders, these wolves in shepherd’s clothes leading their flock into a den of an even hungrier wolf pack, these are the ones who are the face of this poisonous faith. They are the hypocritical voices in countless church pulpits. They are the ones whose dirt and filth spray on the members because it is tolerated by the congregations.
 
These kinds of empty shirts, these whitewashed tombs that look like men (all of them by dogma and doctrinal decree are men), these are the people that are lauded, praised, and petted from the pews regardless of their skullduggery made visible for all to see. When Christian conservatives wonder why the world hates them it isn’t because the world first hated Jesus {John 15:18}, it’s because of the obvious hypocrisy endemic in movements like these reformed Christian leaders. And if even godless heathens won’t stand to be fooled and lied to and gaslit, why do the adherents to these empty-shirted leaders?
 
The rest of what follows is largely from one opinion from one case of one hypocrite who happened to get to a place that didn’t tolerate his foolishness for more than a few years. While these are my opinions, they are backed up records of law by actual judges – with real gavels and everything. And they involve real people, some of whom you may know.
 
For it turns out Lamb has his case summarily dismissed – thrown out, tossed, eighty-sixed – for cause. This is not because of any great machination or maneuvering by Liberty U lawyers. It wasn’t because of Deep State actors, wicked heathens running circles around diligent Christians. But the court found that Lamb himself altered and/or destroyed documents and data which had been demanded to be preserved by the Court – then took him to task for lying badly about it. Casetext.com shows the Court’s opinion on things like Lamb violating “Computer Forensics and Document Return Protocol [Background I.B.]”. The type of evidence tampering and destruction he has engaged in goes by the exotic name of spoliation – literally spoiling evidence.
 
Again, Court documents show:

• [[Other evidence, however, contradicted Lamb's version of events. First, as already mentioned, Lamb's attorney reported that his materials had been “packed for delivery” to Racich on April 8, 2022. Yet the files found on the laptop and the external hard drive had not been downloaded onto those devices until the next day. Lamb v. Liberty Univ., 6:21-cv-00055, 6 (W.D. Va. Aug. 25, 2022)]]

 
As to his character, the Court also had these observations:

• [[Lamb has also emphasized the importance to him of keeping thorough records from his time at Liberty even now, stating that he has a “moral obligation” to preserve evidence of Liberty's “systematic cover-up of sexual assault.” Id. p. 106:8-14. He also testified that he has received instructions from the Department of Education “not to destroy anything.” Dkt. 52 p. 224:1-9. ]]

 

•  [[It is curious that Lamb would have accessed materials “not to destroy anything.”  meant to protect him from Liberty exclusively using Liberty equipment. And that he has not accessed those materials-the very evidence central to his Title IX case-since October 2021. … Also curious is Lamb's failure to make a recording device available to Racich. At the hearing on this motion, Lamb explained that failure by stating that the devices he used to record work-related conversations were “unilaterally-I'd say 90 percent or more” owned by Liberty and that he no longer has access to them. Hr. Tr. 184:15-19. But when asked about recording devices in December, he insisted that he used his own recording devices because he did not trust Liberty. Lamb v. Liberty Univ., 6:21-cv-00055, 6 (W.D. Va. Aug. 25, 2022)]]

 
During proceedings, when the Court expert pointed out 2.7 gigabytes Lamb deleted from Evernote – did not turn over to Court as mandated and deleted the data entirely, the Court notes:

• [[“Lamb's attempt to cast doubt on the efficacy of Racich's extraction software is not well taken. The expert provided unrebutted evidence that the software is a well-tested “industry standard forensic tool,” Hr. Tr. 118:3-4, and the Court is satisfied that it captured an accurate picture of Lamb's account.” Ibid.]] … and later:

 
[[Lamb ran the agreed search terms himself, and segregated all Liberty materials he could find from the Evernote account on a brand new [sic] computer, backed up on a brand new hard drive, in a ‘Liberty Files' folder. The protocols provided the Liberty materials would be deleted from the Evernote account, and so Lamb deleted the files that he had sequestered and provided. Ibid.]]
 
The Court opinion shows a bit of snark:

• [[The problem, of course, is that Liberty (and the Court) must take Lamb's word for the fact that he did not delete any materials, other than the 2,156 files found by Racich, that should have been returned to Liberty [emphasis mine]. But third-party verification was the centerpiece of the Court's order…. Ibid.]]

 
Then the opinion continues laying the case for ‘intentional factual misrepresentations’:
 
Lamb v. Liberty Univ., 6:21-cv-00055, 10 (W.D. Va. Aug. 25, 2022) (“defining devices that should be made available to the independent expert to include “all external storage media to which Lamb has access that Lamb, to his knowledge, has ever connected to any device that has ever contained information belonging to Liberty (including thumb drives, hard drives, CD-Roms, etc.”)
 
Then veers into calling out a liar:

• [[The claim that Lamb regularly deleted texts also appears inconsistent with his early testimony regarding his commitment to retaining information. … The evidence shows that Lamb spoliated electronically stored information. Ibid.]]

 
The conclusion:

• [[It is also undisputed that Lamb failed to take reasonable steps to preserve relevant information after his duty to do so arose in October of 2021. To the contrary, Lamb has admitted to taking active steps to destroy information. Ibid.]]

 
My conclusion:
 
How many sermons has the ardent conservative Christian heard about the need to be holy and upstanding at all times? To be a beacon of virtuous light in a world of moral darkness and depravity? That Christians don’t sue Christians in common courts? To submit to all earthly authority? Unless, it seems, one considers themselves to be moral diviners. Set apart ministers. Self-styled Important Voices in the pulpits, books, schools, and political arena who want to have for themselves what they tell their faithful is forbidden and sinful for others.
 
It doesn’t have to be this way. Time to cast off false prophets and craven leaders at all levels. Time to take back our faith. Take it from the hands of people like this and give it back to God, perhaps.
 
But the time is getting late. Like earthly judges, God is not known for foregoing judgement forever against the unrepentant.

Our family had the privilege tonight of participating in a prayer vigil commemorating the 5 years since Lynn Messer was reported missing. As I looked around at the crowd gathered, I was looking for familiar faces...faces from back when I knew Lynn as a teen... fellow church members... people who just 5 years ago were showing such concern for her whereabouts. Wouldn't they want to be here, as we were, if for no other reason than to show support for her sons?!

Sadly, if I have learned anything from our own experience with how the local church handles abuse, I know why they are absent and silent. Cowardice. You see, showing up means taking a side. It means adding your voice in support of those harmed by wicked people. It means you might think that man/woman sitting next to you in the worship service isn't really a Christian. "But they're at church every Sunday!"  Yes, and the ones they've abused are gone.

If I'm stepping on your toes and you know Lynn's family, instead of making excuses, do these things: 
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REPENT for choosing wickedness by your silence.
ASK victims their story.
EDUCATE yourself (Spiritualbattles.org)
DONATE to support victims of abusers.
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