Posts Tagged ‘Libel’

The rise of the Catholic bully

Monday, May 27th, 2024
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Catholic bullying is spreading. In the latest example of a bully is Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire organisation threatened Commonweal magazine and theologian Massimo Faggioli over Faggioli’s April 22 essay, “Will Trumpism Spare Catholicism?” The commotion is too weird to behold. Sticks and stones It began like all schoolyard fights. Barron, or someone Read more

Archdiocese of Agãna taken to court for libel and slander

Friday, July 8th, 2016

The archdiocese of Agana, under the direction of archbishop Anthony Apuron, indicated it would seek legal action against the archbishop’s accusers. The church now finds itself the target of a libel suit from the same individuals whose allegations it denied. On 3 July at the Superior Court of Guam four people, Roland Sondia, Walter Denton, Read more