Michael Mazza, a canon lawyer and civil attorney, offers an overview of 20 civil suits filed by priests in the United States, as well as legal obstacles to defamation claims. Mazza believes that filing a civil suit is, in general, “perilous”.
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Civil Suits by Catholic Priests: A Status Report
(Image: Lisa F. Young/Shutterstock) Recent press coverage of a civil suit alleging defamation and fraud brought by a diocesan priest in Indiana against …
