"The criterion of truth is not that of journalism,..."
...and today we discover Frà Alexis Bugnolo doesn't understand the difference between journalistic standards and legal ones.
The latter are vitally important if we, as Catholics, seek to emulate Christ's focus on the truth -as opposed to breathlessly repeating sensationalistic gossip
Further, I didn't make any implication about Fr. Hesse's honesty. I'll gladly give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's a truthful man who believed everything he said.
He might also believe his relative was truthful as well. For that matter, his relative might even genuinely believe everything they said. However, that does not prove anything the relative said was, in fact, true.
His relative might be rational yet factually incorrect. His relative might be neurotic and prone to delusions. We live in a world filled with thousands of people who genuinely believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials. There are thousands of others who genuinely …More

"was confirmed by the late and wonderful Austrian priest Fr Gregor Hesse on one of his videos where he states clearly being told by a relative about the matter."
...and today we learn why (as an overwhelming rule) hearsay is inadmissable in court. It certainly is inadmissable under these conditions: "Elvis is still alive because my relative told me they saw him somewhere." Bonus laffs for youtube scholarship.