IHS Press and the Legion of St. Louis (LSL), another publishing entity run by Sharpe that sells books such as Henry Ford's The International Jew and Michael A. Hoffman II's Strange Gods of Judaism,[1] were listed by the civil rights group the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as hate groups.
On March 7, 2007, Sharpe was temporarily relieved of duty pending a Navy inquiry into allegations that he was involved in supremacist activities.
[4] Sharpe later sued Landmark Communications for more than $5 million, claiming defamation in a news story, but in April 2009, Norfolk Circuit Court judge Norman A. Thomas granted a summary judgment to the defendants on the major issues of the case.
The judge concluded that Sharpe's writings "do espouse anti-Semitic and racist views...No reasonable person can read Sharpe's individual writings and conclude that he espouses anything other than a deep, abiding and pervasive suspicion of and hostility toward Jews, whether considered as a collective people, religion, nation or ethnic group.
"[5][independent source needed] In 2005, Sharpe visited Australia to speak on Catholic social teachings.