An odd reply to Politech post on church linking lawsuit [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> From: "CEC Services, LLC" <Security-Officer () CEC-Services com>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: Regarding Montgomery Griffith-Mair, Hot Springs AR
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:47:20 -0600
> Organization: © Copyright 2004, CE
>  C Services, LLC  All
>  rights reserved.
>
> At archbishops.org/ansinewswire.html, Montgomery Griffith-Mair AKA Father 
> Monty
> and Father Monkey wrote:
>
> "Politech Digest Reports In its Vol. 12. Issue 2, yesterday, that (The Rt.
> Rev'd Montgomery Griffith-Mair) was effectively gaggedby Arkansas Judge Homer
> Wright by some kind of injuction,after the same team of plaintiffs (Prentice,
> James, et al)had sued Griffith-Mair for criticizing them (Garland County
> Circuit No. CV-2003-515-I), and won. Griffith-Mair, known for his thriftyness,
> may have hurt himself badly in this case by defending himself pro se 
> instead of
> retaining counsel. Having the case decided by twelve mostly 
> unsophisticated and
> non-Internet-using jurors, instead of by a bench trial,may have also hurt."
>
> The message quoted above, allegedly to politech-digest, is a complete
> misrepresentation of the facts.  (For details of what really happened and 
> links
> see http://www.geocities.com/ococprm/monty.htm .)
>
> Griffith-Mair is not a US citizen, although residing on visa status here, and
> publishes anti-American propaganda at archbishops.org and at fathermonty.org.
>
> Griffith-Mair claims to have no church but claims to operate a "youth mission"
> which also does not exist.
>
> Griffith-Mair is a convicted criminal of three misdemeanors, including assault
> and trespassing, in the State of Mississippi for which he is on probation.
>
> Griffith-Mair was arrested in October 2001 for the rape and beating of a
> 20-year old mental patinent.  That case was null prossed because the victim by
> his testimony would have admitted he engaged in consensual homosexual acts 
> with
> Griffith-Mair before being badly beaten with a paddle which was recovered as
> evidence in the alleged crime.
>
> In April 2004 Griffith-Mair as Defendant lost a defamation suit brought by two
> Churches against him for defamatory material at archbisops.org and
> fathermonty.org.  The jury, which Griffith-Mair demanded and wrote before the
> trial that he wanted to be "all Black", ordered a $30,000.00 judgement for
> punitive damages against the Defendant.  An injuctive order prohibiting
> Griffith-Mair from publishing anything about the Plaintiffs on the internet is
> due to be entered shortly by the Judge.  In the meantime, Griffith-Mair
> continues to his defamatory attacks on the internet and wrote on August 11,
> 2004 that he intends to continue publishing after the injuction is entered by
> way of making his websites password protected and by 
> subscription.  Needless to
> say, if that happens the Judge will see through that ruse and find
> Griffith-Mair in contempt of court.
>
> Please be advised that any messages published by Griffith-Mair here after this
> date here may be subject to an injuctive order.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Colin James III (The Most Rev'd)
> Victor Prentice (Metropolitan)
> The Continuing Episcopal Church
> The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America, Inc.
> Co-Plaintiffs
> (719)210 9534
>
> August 11, 2004


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