Lawyers for Pope Benedict XVI have asked President Bush to declare the pontiff immune from liability in a lawsuit that accuses him of conspiring to cover up the molestation of three boys by a seminarian in Texas, court records show.
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Joseph Ratzinger is named as a defendant in the civil lawsuit. Now Benedict XVI, he's accused of conspiring with the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to cover up the abuse during the mid-1990s.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Gerry Keener, said Tuesday that the pope is considered a head of state and automatically has diplomatic immunity.
Some may recall that 2PJ wrote back in April how RATzinger threatened excommunication for clergy who warned anyone about pedophile priests.
When RATzinger was still a cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly known as the Holy Office of the Inquisition) he wrote a confidential letter that was distributed to every Catholic bishop in May 2001. The letter confirmed that RATzinger believed that the Catholic Church had the right to conceal sexual abuse from the proper US legal authorities.
Moreover, it threatened those who would try to behave in a legally and MORALLY responsible way with the ultimate punishment for Catholics: excommunication. The letter came to light in the same Texas civil suit referenced in the Chicago Sun-Times article above.
To sum up:
A former Hitler Youth who actively participated in covering up the sexual abuse of children is asking a sociopathic lying warmonger for immunity for his sins.
Does it get any sicker than this?
Wow - talk about spewing hatred and venom!
ReplyDeleteWow -- talk about a general condemnation that does not address any of the facts in the article.
ReplyDeleteGo to the link and read the letter he wrote and come back and explain how he wasn't directing the past and future coverup of sexual abuse of children.
Explain what is more hateful than having the power to stop the sexual abuse of children and instead covering it up as it continues?
Please.
But wait, why are we even discussing the Pope? I mean, Rick Santorum has already told us it's the fault of the liberals (and the queers).
ReplyDeletePerhaps that dastardly Liberal influence seeped its way into the Vatican...if so, certainly all is lost!
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