Judge Tosses Case of Atheist vs. Priest -- Beliefnet.com

Judge Tosses Case of Atheist vs. Priest -- Beliefnet.com: "Rome, Feb. 10 - An Italian judge has dismissed an atheist's petition that a small-town priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed, both sides said on Friday.

Luigi Cascioli, a 72-year-old retired agronomist, had accused the Rev. Enrico Righi of violating two laws with the assertion, which he called a deceptive fable propagated by the Roman Catholic Church."