Pope served with court papers in molestation case

[cleanhippie]

Pope served with court papers in molestation case

It is official, the Pope and two top Vatican officials have been served with court papers associated with the Milwaukee-area school for the deaf molestation case in which 200 deaf children were alleged to have been molested by Reverend Lawrence C. Murphy between 1950 and 1974.

The plaintiff’s lawyer, Jeff Anderson, confirmed yesterday (April 12th) that the lawsuit has been going through official channels and that the Vatican has received notice of the suit last week. The suit alleges that the Pope and two other top Vatican officials knew about the accusations of sexual molestation and called off investigations.

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In the past, the Pope and Vatican officials were immune from such lawsuits under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976. However, in June of last year the Supreme Court declined to hear a Vatican appeal to a Ninth Circuit ruling that the Vatican can be held accountable for priest’s actions under the “tort exceptions” clause of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 under certain conditions.

http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-philadelphia/pope-served-with-court-papers-molestation-case

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FUCK YEAH! About fucking time.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Perhaps now people will finally get some truth

Too bad the church is so interested in protecting the church and forgetting god can take care of himself.
And if their god can not take care of himself them they have been telling lies all these years

[cleanhippie]

2. Exactly.

[roguevalley]

8. good. no one is above the law.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Umm well I guess God should have warned the Pope... maybe he was too busy

tending to the kid who stabbed himself to prove he is real. One thing at a time in the supernatural world methinks.

[cleanhippie]

4. You know, you just may be right.

Nice job putting those two stories together. +100000

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. How about a third and most controversial story, I'm running on all eight

cylinders today... maw maw maw. Thank you for the thumbs up.

[cleanhippie]

6. Just posted one in R&T about a mother who mutilated her 3 month old because the bible said to.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=214x275729

[CountAllVotes]

13. +1

n/t

[xchrom]

7. recommend

[CountAllVotes]

9. zero facts to substantiate that this occurred

None and written by the "Philadelphia Atheism Examiner" and oh yeah, the guy they are after is dead, that is right dead. :eyes:

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[cleanhippie]

11. Zero facts that WHAT occured? The child-raping or the lawsuit?

Because they BOTH happened.

[CountAllVotes]

12. when was the pope served with papers?

When?

Bye.

[cleanhippie]

19. Its in the second paragraph. You can ignore it if you want, thats what the church has been doing.

Bye.

[Maine-ah]

14. NYT and AP both have reported it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/13brfs-VATICANGETSN_BRF.html

The Vatican has been served with court papers stemming from decades-old accusations of sexual abuse against a now-dead priest at a Milwaukee-area school for the deaf, the State Department says. In a news release Tuesday, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Jeff Anderson, said the lawsuit was filed through official channels. An adviser with the State Department confirmed that the Vatican received the documents last week. The suit was filed nearly a year ago in federal court. It claims Pope Benedict XVI and two other top Vatican officials knew about accusations of sexual abuse at the school and called off internal punishment of the accused priest.

[CountAllVotes]

15. so this is old news

whatever became of it?

[Maine-ah]

16. last week

not really all that old for news. My guess is it got buried.

It's obvious you are very faithful with your religion, and I'm glad it works for you, but you seem to be hiding your head in the sand on this.

[CountAllVotes]

18. The suit was filed nearly a year ago in federal court.

:wtf:

[Maine-ah]

22. and the fight has been going on much longer than that

if the Catholic Church hadn't tried to hide this, this BS would have been over a long time ago.

[cleanhippie]

23. Do you have a reading problem?

Second paragraph.

"The plaintiff’s lawyer, Jeff Anderson, confirmed yesterday (April 12th) that the lawsuit has been going through official channels and that the Vatican has received notice of the suit last week. The suit alleges that the Pope and two other top Vatican officials knew about the accusations of sexual molestation and called off investigations."



You seem reluctant to accept that this has happened at all, much like your church has done.

[cleanhippie]

21. Nailed it.

[originalpckelly]

17. 4 days is not that old.

Not everyone would have seen this, I don't think it's that bad.

And one has to wonder how many priests have engaged in this behavior, because it seems that there was a real effort to hide it. Why?

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[cleanhippie]

25. Hey, look! ANOTHER priest rapes another child.

http://freethinker.co.uk/2011/04/07/catholic-priest-to-be-tried-for-abuse/

[NYC Liberal]

24. None?

http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=pope+court+papers