Church of England Newspaper: Bishop drops lawsuit against blogger

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The Bishop of the Ontario-based Diocese of Niagara, the Rt. Rev. Michael Bird, has dropped his $400,000 defamation of character lawsuit against David Jenkins, after the conservative blogger agreed to partial payment of the bishop’s legal fees and an apology.  A first of its kind lawsuit that was closely watched by free speech activists….

2 thoughts on “Church of England Newspaper: Bishop drops lawsuit against blogger

  1. Surprised about lack of comments, at least publically. I’ve been in US without internet for six weeks and this was news. Glad to see you are still here. So since the Bishop did not recover his expenses (and has no further recourse?) does this fall on the Church or the Bishop personally to make up the shortfall?

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