A church sues Resistance

[Herr Mullen]

And copyright law is applicable in this situation

Such a copyright will only be effective if it was filed before the game was made.

Copyright law in the UK works even if it isn't filed. It is common practice for artists to burn music on a CD and seal it in an envolope: when in a court battle, all they have to do is open the envolope and check the time stamp. The Cathedral is obviously the intellectual property of the church, as it is the material property, also.

What you are calling for is the reveiw of a legal system you are not a part of. The fact is, it is the church's desision as to weather they allow a games company to make a profit off of their property. Weather you find it dissappointing or not that they aren't endorsing simulated violence on what they concider sacred ground is irrelivant to the legality of the matter. It is the church's property, and what they say goes.