In Geick vs. Kay 236 Ill.App.3d. 868, 603 N.E.2d. 121, 177 Ill.Dec. 340 (1992), the Second District Appellate Court reiterated that absolute privilege is not overcome by any showing of improper motivation or even knowledge of falsity, and that the severe restriction on the rights of those claiming damage by defamation is justified by the policy that officials of government should be free to exercise their duties without fear of potential civil liability (see Geick, 603 N.E.2d. at 127).