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An Orthodox Christian priest known for his out-spoken defense of the Orthodox Church\u2019s view on marriage and abortion, has sued the editors of an online publication for defamation.<\/p>\nAn Orthodox Christian priest known for his out-spoken defense of the Orthodox Church\u2019s view on marriage and abortion, has sued the editors of an online publication for defamation.<\/p>\n
Thomas More Society Special Counsel are representing Fr. Josiah Trenham, along with his wife, Orthodox Christian Ministries, and St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church, in federal court<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trenham and his ministry are suing self-proclaimed gay rights activist Peter \u201cGiacomo\u201d Sanfilippo and other editors of the online publication Orthodoxy in Dialogue for outrageously false, malicious, and defamatory statements and accusations concerning the priest and his ministry [see: Giacomo Sanfilippo\u2019s Unholy Vendetta Against Faithful Orthodox Priests and Teachers<\/a>].<\/p>\n The lawsuit details how Sanfilippo has repeatedly attacked Trenham via the online website Orthodoxy in Dialogue. <\/p>\n Charles LiMandri, Thomas More Society Special Counsel and partner at LiMandri & Jonna, LLP, reported, \u201cSanfilippo has unabashedly attacked Fr. Trenham in a multitude of reprehensible defamatory articles published on the website Orthodoxy in Dialogue, beginning in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n The lawsuit filed July 23, 2021, in United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that Sanfilippo has engaged in \u201cconspiracy, intimidation, and coercion\u201d in order to destroy the personal reputations of Trenham and those involved in ministry with him.<\/p>\n \u201cWe won\u2019t allow internet trolls masquerading as media to destroy the character of a prominent religious leader because they are upset that a pastor upholds the teachings of the church,\u201d declared LiMandri. \u201cThis outrageous behavior needs to stop, and we expect the court to rule in our clients\u2019 favor.\u201d<\/p>\n The complaint accuses Sanfilippo and three Orthodoxy in Dialogue colleagues of multiple instances of defamation, and includes claims of conspiracy, harassment, extortion, interference with prospective economic advantage, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n Read the First Amended Complaint filed July 23, 2021, with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Father Josiah Trenham, et al. v. Peter J. Sanfilippo<\/em>, et al. here<\/a> [https:\/\/thomasmoresociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Complaint-Amend-07-23-21.pdf<\/a>]. See also: Giacomo Sanfilippo\u2019s Unholy Vendetta Against Faithful Orthodox Priests and Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Orthodox Christian priest known for his out-spoken defense of the Orthodox Church\u2019s view on marriage and abortion, has sued the editors of an online publication for defamation. Thomas More Society Special Counsel are representing Fr. Josiah Trenham, along with his wife, Orthodox Christian Ministries, and St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church, in federal court. Trenham … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,177,175,176,181,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-of-innocence","category-false-teachers","category-heresy","category-lgbt-activism","category-lgbt-tyranny","category-moral-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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