I bet the society drops the appeal before cameras catch the hearing. It's too damaging to have avg witnesses hear the case. They will have to make a value judgement, based on odds of the appeal being successful, the potential drop in donations by witnesses after the news piece. This is all at a time when they are trying to bleed the flock dry for some more real estate investments.
Basically they are faced with accept the judgment and move on, or fight a losing battle in actual court and the court of public opinion under the camera lights.