I am very thankful for my first amendment rights. I feel very sorry for Ms. Pio. It seems all she did was reprint a translation of a document by the Ecumenical Patriarch dealing with Vassula. It was translated by a Greek man to say that she was excommunicated. Vassula claims that it is a mistranslation, and that it is really an accusation of heresy. As if that is any better. :
At least that is my understanding of the first lawsuit. If I got this wrong, someone please correct me, but it seems all Ms. Pio did was reprint a translation made by someone else, and because Vassula disagreed with the translation, Ms. Pio was sued. I don't think the guy who did the translation was sued, but I could be wrong. I am assuming he was not sued because he lives in the US, where the free speech protections are stronger. Again, someone correct me if I got this wrong.
It seems the latest lawsuit has to do with Ms. Pio using Vassula's name in her website. If I understand correctly, it's like Vassula is claiming some sort of trademark rights over her name and she is suing Ms. Pio for using it. Or something stupid like that. I think this lawsuit is the final straw and Ms. Pio is just going to take down her website.
This really is too bad. Ms. Pio's website was a great resource. You could periodically check it to see what the latest was on Vassula and her heretical happenings. Ms. Pio was also good about collecting every instance of when a bishop or patriarch warned against Vassula. It was just a good resource on Vassula, and I don't know of any others that will take its place.
I wish Ms. Pio well, and I hope that the harassing litigation did not take too much of a toll on her. It must have been very distressing. She's posted the letters and documents from the suits on her site and people may want to have a look at them before the site goes down. Reading them, you really get a feeling of how bizarre Vassula is. Here's an example from the first lawsuit:
[4] The letter sent to me by Mrs Ryden's lawyers begins as follows: "Mrs Vassula Ryden is the author of a work titled True Life in God: a divine dialogue which contains many messages designed to promote the reunification of the Christian Churches under the authority of the Pope and the Foundation's founder [= Vassula]".
http://www.infovassula.ch/thenarrowdoor.htm
And to think that after Ms. Pio's website closes, there won't be any other good resources available to counter this heretic's activities. Very sad.