Italian Priest Cleared of Charges Filed For Claiming Jesus Existed

CNN on Friday reported in a case that has drawn international notice, that an Italian judge dismissed a suit against Enrico Righi, a local priest in Viterbo, a town north of Rome. An old schoolmate of the priest, Luigi Cascioli, filed a criminal complaint against the priest charging that Righi's assertions of Jesus' existence violated Italian laws against deceit and impersonation. (See prior posting.) Judge Gaetano Mautone suggested in his decision dismissing the charges that prosecutors should investigate Cascioli for possible slander. [Thanks for the lead to Douglas Laycock via Religionlaw listserv.]