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From The complaint

This complaint does not wish to contest the freedom of Christians to profess their faith, sanctioned by art. 19 of the Italian Constitution, but wishes to denounce the abuse that the Catholic Church commits by availing itself of its prestige in order to inculcate – as if being real and historical – facts that are really just inventions.

A plain example of such abuse, has been perpetrated by don Enrico Righi (parish priest of Borgoregio) when he had falsely sustained, in the parish gazette of St. Bonaventura in Borgoregio, ? 245 of March-April 2002, that the historic figure of Jesus was the son of Joseph and Mary (two totally imaginary characters and therefore historically non existing); of having the same Jesus been born in the village of Bethlehm and of having grown up in Nazareth.


In the US belif in sillyness is well protected. This particular case would have no grounds.

Furthermore there IS enormous freedom to question someones research. Certainly there is plenty of valid academic debate in reguards to the existance of 'Jeasus'. Futhermore I CAN say you are a bad person for whatever grounds I darn well pelease.

Futhermore the torts on defilimaton in the US as I understand it require monitary damages be suffered or the offense to be extreamly agregious. They are fairly complicated but the prist COULD
1. Say you were evil
2. Say you were doing evil work
3. Question your research on even flimzy or silly accidemic grounds
4. Say your research is wrong because god told you so

But it sure appears that this case is not about deflimation of charicter anyway. I could be reading it wrong but it looks like it is over a 'lie' about historical 'facts'.