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"The lawsuit has circulated around the Italian courts for years. The judge presiding over the case has tried, on a number of occasions, to dismiss it."

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/news-article.aspx?storyid=50539
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History of the case on Cascioli's own web site:

http://www.luigicascioli.it/tabella_eng.php
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"Signor Cascioli, author of a book called The Fable of Christ, began legal proceedings against Father Righi three years ago after the priest denounced Signor Cascioli in the parish newsletter for questioning Christ’s historical existence."

"Yesterday Gaetano Mautone, a judge in Viterbo, set a preliminary hearing for the end of this month and ordered Father Righi to appear. The judge had earlier refused to take up the case, but was overruled last month by the Court of Appeal, which agreed that Signor Cascioli had a reasonable case for his accusation that Father Righi was “abusing popular credulity”."

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