I do not believe him. I assumed both of then were involved with the pool boy. Even if I was wrong, his blaming his wife confirms to me there is something scandalous about HIM, that is he deflecting.
See my post below yours. There’s definitely more to that story than ‘wife with pool boy.’
People like that have no shame. Falwell will spend a few months in “reflection,” then he will announce that “Jesus forgave him” and, well, he, Falwell, is is an awesome dude to accept such awesome forgiveness and he needs to get right back to “preaching the Word.” He’ll start a mega-church and the money will roll in. People will gladly pay for a bit of cheap grace.