Marc Balestrieri - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 07 Mar 2024 01:38:15 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Marc Balestrieri - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Church Militant to shut down following $500,000 defamation lawsuit https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/03/07/church-militant-to-shut-down-following-500000-defamation-lawsuit/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 04:55:53 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=168571 Church Militant, the controversial Catholic media outlet that has for years maintained a reputation for combative and antagonistic coverage of Catholic figures and issues, will cease operations next month following a $500,000 defamation judgment against it. Boston-based law firm Todd & Weld said in a press release this week that Church Militant had "agreed to Read more

Church Militant to shut down following $500,000 defamation lawsuit... Read more]]> Church Militant, the controversial Catholic media outlet that has for years maintained a reputation for combative and antagonistic coverage of Catholic figures and issues, will cease operations next month following a $500,000 defamation judgment against it.

Boston-based law firm Todd & Weld said in a press release this week that Church Militant had "agreed to the entry of a judgment against it in the amount of $500,000" in a defamation lawsuit brought by Father Georges de Laire, the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire.

The media outlet ran an article in 2019 titled "NH Vicar Changes Dogma Into Heresy," one in which the author, canonist Marc Balestrieri, claimed to "have talked to a number of anonymous sources who allegedly made negative comments about Father de Laire both personally and professionally," the law firm said.

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