Another Lawsuit for What’s Left of Church Militant?

Another Lawsuit for What’s Left of Church Militant? March 15, 2024

I  didn’t think I’d be writing about what’s left of Church Militant so soon. But I’m very grateful to be reporting at Where Peter Is yet again, with a follow-up on my post from last week!

It seems that the sins of Church Militant aren’t done falling down on the heads of everyone who had a hand in them. I’ve discovered that Truth Army, Joe Gallagher himself, and one other defendant are being sued for three million dollars by Patmos Media. That third party might answer some of my questions about the mysterious “Catholic Family” Gallagher mentioned last week before his video was taken down:

A third defendant named in the lawsuit is Geoffrey B. Sando, who is described as “a member of the Church Militant board.” Former Church Militant employee Kristine Christlieb described Sando in a Substack post as “one of more than twenty executive producers for the sleeper hit Sound of Freedom.”

Christlieb also describes Sando as “Gallagher’s financial backer,” and — noting that a nurse called Teresa Sando is interviewed in the Fog documentary featured on the Truth Army website — the Sandos appear to be the mysterious “Catholic family” described by Joe Gallagher as bankrolling the Church Militant takeover. Time will tell if this is the case…..

 

On March 5th, according to the lawsuit, Gallagher and Sando started disabling Church Militant’s website and posting content telling Church Militant’s supporters to support Truth Army instead. The supporters weren’t told where their monthly subscription money was going and they were even robbed of the ability to log into Church Militant to unsubscribe. Patmos also alleges that a Church Militant employee named Mike Sherry was told not to pay Patmos’s invoices.

In the lawsuit, Patmos alleges that this was all purposeful to avoid giving Patmos their money. They are seeking at least three million, plus interest.

You can read the whole thing without any paywall right here. 

Let’s hope that the slow-motion downfall of everyone in Church Militant’s orbit spurs us on to a faith that serves Christ instead of wasting our time on conspiracy theories.

 

Mary Pezzulo is the author of Meditations on the Way of the Cross, The Sorrows and Joys of Mary, and Stumbling into Grace: How We Meet God in Tiny Works of Mercy.

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