POPE & VATICAN: Charged with crimes against humanity...

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I have had a few stories about the Vatican and priestly abuse of children to report on and the time is now.

The first article was in the New York Times 9/4/2011 titled: “Vatican Denies Claims by Ireland on Abuse”…Church Says It Did Not Hinder Inquiries.

In essence, the Irish government accused the Vatican of encouraging priests and bishops NOT to report cases of abuse to the local police. The evidence was a secret letter sent from the Vatican ambassador in Ireland where he stated that he had “serious reservations” about the government guidelines of reporting abuse and termed the guidelines as violating Canon Law.

You can see why this letter would be “evidence” of a “cover-up”. The Irish government also issued a report where they provided evidence of predatory priests being moved from one parish to another by bishops that knew full well they were abusing children.

The Irish government is now debating whether to pass a law which would make failure to report allegations of abuse to local police, a crime punishable by jail time.

As the Vatican lamely defends itself in the face of insurmountable evidence of a cover-up and NO Roman Catholic leaders being prosecuted and punished for actively covering up child abuse, I read the headline “Clergy Sex Abuse Victims File International Court case Against Pope.” The survivors of priestly abuse network are seeking an investigation of the Vatican and top Vatican leaders for possible crimes against humanity.

They named the pope as a defendant, among others, since he was the leader of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which in 2001 was in charge of overseeing abuse cases.

Crimes against humanity include rape, sexual violence and torture according to an international treaty which mandates the international court’s actions.

The Survivors Network said that the Church is still in denial and has not punished those that abetted the abuse and has not moved to categorically end abuse which they claim continues to this very day around the world.

I am glad to see that governments and citizens are not letting the Vatican off the hook for crimes against humanity and allowing the Church to move on as if nothing has happened (denial) and to continue to proclaim itself as the representative of God on earth; how sick is that?

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