Chuck Dietzen, who is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District, used a photo of Mother Teresa in one of his election videos.
congressional election candidate has been told to cease using the likeness of Mother Teresa in his ad campaigns by a lawyer who served as legal counsel for the late missionary.
Dietzen, the former Chief of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, met Mother Teresa once during a trip to India in the late 1990s. He helped with surgeries on children with polio and cerebral palsy. Florida attorney Jim Towey sent a cease and desist request to Dietzen, saying Mother Teresa's image should not be linked to a political cause, the Indy Star reported. The video has not yet been removed, as of April 27.
"Your YouTube campaign ad, which begins with footage of Mother Teresa is in direct violation of her wishes, as well as the wishes of the Missionaries of Charity who exclusively control the commercial use of her name, image and likeness."
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