It doesn't sound winnable to me.
Churches seem to have a relatively poor track record of performing well in court, largely because of their penchant of bitching and moaning about every little thing that displeases them. The public is getting sick of hearing about it, the gaming industry is getting sick of having fingers pointed its way, and the courts are getting sick of video game related cases coming through their doors.
If there is a law somewhere written down that explicitly says that one cannot electronically reproduce another structure and use it in a video game as they see fit, then that should far supercede any lack of written consent that the church may or may not have given Sony to use the church's likeness.
Freedom of expression > a church's desire to not be turned into a virtual battleground.
EDIT
===
P.S. When has a game or movie's violence based on realistic locations or scenarios ever gotten it in trouble?
Churches seem to have a relatively poor track record of performing well in court, largely because of their penchant of bitching and moaning about every little thing that displeases them. The public is getting sick of hearing about it, the gaming industry is getting sick of having fingers pointed its way, and the courts are getting sick of video game related cases coming through their doors.
If there is a law somewhere written down that explicitly says that one cannot electronically reproduce another structure and use it in a video game as they see fit, then that should far supercede any lack of written consent that the church may or may not have given Sony to use the church's likeness.
Freedom of expression > a church's desire to not be turned into a virtual battleground.
EDIT
===
P.S. When has a game or movie's violence based on realistic locations or scenarios ever gotten it in trouble?