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Monday, October 31, 2011
President Kennedy - the unseen turn onto Elm
Someone destroyed every film taken of Kennedy's limo turn onto Elm St. But this one may tell why. It's of Kennedy receiving the first shot, which possibly may have singed him. Why else does the Zapruder film have footage of the motorcycle cops but is spliced when Kennedy makes the turn onto Elm St.?.
Someone said Zapruder turned off his camera and then turned it back on when Kennedy was already on Elm. Watch the way he pulls back his hand and how his fingers fold unnaturally..
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Weird Weather
Yesterday, on October 30, 2011 New Jersey received 10 inches of snow. We have never experienced anything like this. A blizzard before Halloween? My feelings are that HAARP is behind it.
I don't live in NJ anymore. I live on the Gulf Coast. Large sea turtles and dolphins have been washing up on sections of the shore. This is because of BP's s---load of oil is in the water. I did not go to the beach this year. Our gulf is ruined.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bishop Indicted; Charge Is Failing to Report Abuse
By A. G. SULZBERGER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: October 14, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the
first time in the 25-year history of the church’s sex abuse scandals
that the leader of an American diocese has been held criminally liable
for the behavior of a priest he supervised.
Archdiocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph, via Associated Press
The Roman Catholic bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Robert Finn.
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The indictment of the bishop, Robert W. Finn, and the Diocese of Kansas
City-St. Joseph by a county grand jury was announced on Friday. Each was
charged with one misdemeanor count involving a priest accused of taking
pornographic photographs of girls as recently as this year. They
pleaded not guilty.
The case caused an uproar among Catholics in Kansas City this year when Bishop Finn acknowledged that he knew of the photographs last December but did not turn them over to the police until May. During that time, the priest, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, is said to have continued to attend church events with children, and took lewd photographs of another young girl.
A decade ago the American bishops pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn himself had made such a promise three years ago as part of a $10 million legal settlement with abuse victims in Kansas City.
Though the charge is only a misdemeanor, victims’ advocates immediately hailed the indictment as a breakthrough, saying that until now American bishops have avoided prosecution despite documents showing that in some cases they were aware of abuse.
“This is huge for us,” said Michael Hunter, director of the Kansas City chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and a victim of sexual abuse by a priest. “It’s something that I personally have been waiting for years to see, some real accountability. We’re very pleased with the prosecuting attorney here to have the guts to do it.” The bishop signaled he would fight the charges with all his strength. He said in a statement: “We will meet these announcements with a steady resolve and a vigorous defense.”
The indictment announced on Friday by the Jackson County prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker, had been under seal since Oct. 6 because the bishop was out of the country. He returned on Thursday night.
In a news conference, Ms. Baker said the case was not religiously motivated, but was about the obligation under state law to report child abuse.
“This is about protecting children,” she said.
If convicted Bishop Finn would face a possible fine of up to $1,000 and a jail sentence of up to a year. The diocese faces a possible fine of up to $5,000.
Ms. Baker said that secrecy rules for grand jury proceedings prohibited her from discussing whether other charges were considered, such as child endangerment, a felony. But she said the fact that the bishop faces a single misdemeanor count should not diminish the seriousness.
“To my knowledge a charge like this has not been leveled before,” she said.
It also may not mark the end of the legal troubles facing the diocese in the case, which includes civil and criminal cases in federal court. Last month Bishop Finn and Msgr. Robert Murphy testified before another grand jury in neighboring Clay County. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office there declined to comment.
The priest accused of taking the lewd photos, Father Ratigan, was a frequent presence in a Catholic elementary school next to his parish. The principal there sent a letter to the diocese in May 2010 complaining about Father Ratigan’s behavior with children. Then, last December, a computer technician discovered the photos on the priest’s laptop and turned the computer in to the diocese. A day later Father Ratigan tried to kill himself. The diocese said that Monsignor Murphy described — but did not share — a single photo of a young girl, nude from the waist down, to a police officer who served on an independent sexual abuse review board for the diocese. The officer said that based on the description it might meet the definition of child pornography, but he did not think it would, the diocese said.
Bishop Finn sent Father Ratigan to live in a convent and told him to avoid contact with minors. But until May the priest attended children’s parties, spent weekends in the homes of parish families, hosted an Easter egg hunt and presided, with the bishop’s permission, at a girl’s First Communion, according to interviews with parishioners and a civil lawsuit filed by a victim’s family.
Parents in the school and parishioners — told only that Father Ratigan had fallen sick from carbon monoxide poisoning — were stunned when he was arrested in May after the diocese called the police. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking indecent photographs of young girls.
The new indictment released on Friday said that Bishop Finn and the diocese had reason to suspect that Father Ratigan might subject a child to abuse.
It cited “previous knowledge of concerns regarding Father Ratigan and children; the discovery of hundreds of photographs of children on Father Ratigan’s laptop, including a child’s naked vagina, upskirt images and images focused on the crotch; and violations of restrictions placed on Father Ratigan.”
Bishop Finn said in his statement on Friday that he and the diocese had given “complete cooperation” to law enforcement. He also pointed to steps he had taken since the scandal first became public, including commissioning a report to look into the case, and reinforcing procedures for handling allegations of abuse.
That report found that the diocese did not follow its own procedures. It also found that Bishop Finn was “too willing to trust” Father Ratigan.
The case has generated fury at the bishop, a staunch theological conservative who was already a polarizing figure in his diocese. Since the Ratigan case came to light, there have been widespread calls for him to resign.
Contributing to the sense of betrayal is the fact that only three years ago, Bishop Finn settled lawsuits with 47 plaintiffs in sexual abuse cases for $10 million and agreed to a list of 19 preventive measures, among them to immediately report anyone suspected of being a pedophile to the law enforcement authorities.
France may be the only country where a bishop has been convicted for his failure to supervise a priest accused of abuse, said Terrence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, a victims’ advocacy group that tracks abuse cases.
A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted a top official in the archdiocese there, Msgr. William Lynn, for mishandling cases of abuse. The former archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, was not indicted, but he has been called to testify.
The case caused an uproar among Catholics in Kansas City this year when Bishop Finn acknowledged that he knew of the photographs last December but did not turn them over to the police until May. During that time, the priest, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, is said to have continued to attend church events with children, and took lewd photographs of another young girl.
A decade ago the American bishops pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn himself had made such a promise three years ago as part of a $10 million legal settlement with abuse victims in Kansas City.
Though the charge is only a misdemeanor, victims’ advocates immediately hailed the indictment as a breakthrough, saying that until now American bishops have avoided prosecution despite documents showing that in some cases they were aware of abuse.
“This is huge for us,” said Michael Hunter, director of the Kansas City chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and a victim of sexual abuse by a priest. “It’s something that I personally have been waiting for years to see, some real accountability. We’re very pleased with the prosecuting attorney here to have the guts to do it.” The bishop signaled he would fight the charges with all his strength. He said in a statement: “We will meet these announcements with a steady resolve and a vigorous defense.”
The indictment announced on Friday by the Jackson County prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker, had been under seal since Oct. 6 because the bishop was out of the country. He returned on Thursday night.
In a news conference, Ms. Baker said the case was not religiously motivated, but was about the obligation under state law to report child abuse.
“This is about protecting children,” she said.
If convicted Bishop Finn would face a possible fine of up to $1,000 and a jail sentence of up to a year. The diocese faces a possible fine of up to $5,000.
Ms. Baker said that secrecy rules for grand jury proceedings prohibited her from discussing whether other charges were considered, such as child endangerment, a felony. But she said the fact that the bishop faces a single misdemeanor count should not diminish the seriousness.
“To my knowledge a charge like this has not been leveled before,” she said.
It also may not mark the end of the legal troubles facing the diocese in the case, which includes civil and criminal cases in federal court. Last month Bishop Finn and Msgr. Robert Murphy testified before another grand jury in neighboring Clay County. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office there declined to comment.
The priest accused of taking the lewd photos, Father Ratigan, was a frequent presence in a Catholic elementary school next to his parish. The principal there sent a letter to the diocese in May 2010 complaining about Father Ratigan’s behavior with children. Then, last December, a computer technician discovered the photos on the priest’s laptop and turned the computer in to the diocese. A day later Father Ratigan tried to kill himself. The diocese said that Monsignor Murphy described — but did not share — a single photo of a young girl, nude from the waist down, to a police officer who served on an independent sexual abuse review board for the diocese. The officer said that based on the description it might meet the definition of child pornography, but he did not think it would, the diocese said.
Bishop Finn sent Father Ratigan to live in a convent and told him to avoid contact with minors. But until May the priest attended children’s parties, spent weekends in the homes of parish families, hosted an Easter egg hunt and presided, with the bishop’s permission, at a girl’s First Communion, according to interviews with parishioners and a civil lawsuit filed by a victim’s family.
Parents in the school and parishioners — told only that Father Ratigan had fallen sick from carbon monoxide poisoning — were stunned when he was arrested in May after the diocese called the police. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking indecent photographs of young girls.
The new indictment released on Friday said that Bishop Finn and the diocese had reason to suspect that Father Ratigan might subject a child to abuse.
It cited “previous knowledge of concerns regarding Father Ratigan and children; the discovery of hundreds of photographs of children on Father Ratigan’s laptop, including a child’s naked vagina, upskirt images and images focused on the crotch; and violations of restrictions placed on Father Ratigan.”
Bishop Finn said in his statement on Friday that he and the diocese had given “complete cooperation” to law enforcement. He also pointed to steps he had taken since the scandal first became public, including commissioning a report to look into the case, and reinforcing procedures for handling allegations of abuse.
That report found that the diocese did not follow its own procedures. It also found that Bishop Finn was “too willing to trust” Father Ratigan.
The case has generated fury at the bishop, a staunch theological conservative who was already a polarizing figure in his diocese. Since the Ratigan case came to light, there have been widespread calls for him to resign.
Contributing to the sense of betrayal is the fact that only three years ago, Bishop Finn settled lawsuits with 47 plaintiffs in sexual abuse cases for $10 million and agreed to a list of 19 preventive measures, among them to immediately report anyone suspected of being a pedophile to the law enforcement authorities.
France may be the only country where a bishop has been convicted for his failure to supervise a priest accused of abuse, said Terrence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, a victims’ advocacy group that tracks abuse cases.
A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted a top official in the archdiocese there, Msgr. William Lynn, for mishandling cases of abuse. The former archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, was not indicted, but he has been called to testify.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Ends with Hope? I see a New World Order
This is by Lenny Bloom and Mrs. Steele;
The "once in 500 year" flooding of the Mississippi river over the New Madrid fault line is part of a campaign directed against the American people, according to multiple intelligence agency (MI6, CIA, FSB, Japan Security police) sources. The HAARP caused flooding is expected to be followed by an earthquake and then a "nuclear emergency" involving the 15 nuclear reactors located in the region. This will be a pretext for mass evacuations into FEMA camps, the sources say. The best way to derail this plan, apart from arresting the criminal cabal in Washington D.C., is to widely announce and denounce these plans in advance.
The people planning this attack are the same ones who orchestrated the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster attack on Japan, the sources said. The attack on Japan involved long term planning. A suitcase nuclear device was brought in by sea to a remote island in the Okinawan archipelago before being brought to Kyushu by a fishing boat, according to a whistleblower within the group that smuggled in the weapon. The weapon was then taken by car to a property in Hinode, Tokyo owned by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. From there it was taken to the Chosen Soren (North Korean) headquarters in Tokyo before being transferred to the deep ocean drilling ship the Chikyumaru, according to the whistleblower. The bomb was then placed in a hole drilled 10 kilometers into the seabed off the coast of Japan where it was exploded, thus triggering the earthquake and tsunami.
The subsequent "nuclear accident" was sabotage intended to provide a cover story for the radiation released by the bomb.
The investigative trail goes from there to George Bush Senior and his mafia gang as well as US Senator J. Rockefeller.
If the American people wish to prevent a greater tragedy than the one that hit Japan, they must arrest these and other Washington D.C. criminals.
In other news, we have been given new information about the Vatican. First of all, the new "Black Pope" or head of the Society of Jesus is father Adolfo Nicolas. Father Nicolas was a professor when I studied at Sophia University in Tokyo. Although I never took any of his courses, he has a reputation for being a nice man and a genuine Christian. Trusted sources also say that both Father Nicolas (who is currently ill) and his predecessor Peter Hans Kolvenbach are extremely intelligent and widely read people. The sources say Nicolas and Kolvenbach are both very concerned, among other things, about the pharmaceutical industry's use of toxic vaccines and dissemination of various poisons and diseases.
These sources are now saying Kolvenbach was misquoted by our previous source and that Kolvenbach never said he was the chief Satanist but only asked rhetorically: "are you afraid of Satan." We have not talked directly to Count Kolvenbach or father Nicolas so all we can do is quote contradictory information from sources who are in regular contact with these individuals and let readers decide for themselves.
What is clear though, is that there is considerable confusion and disorder within the highest ranks of power in the West. The signs of extreme tension and high-level financial warfare are everywhere to be seen.
The "killing" of Bin Laden and the threat of high level retaliation by Al CIAda is one example. This "death" was preceded by Wikileaks tales of planned nuclear terrorism by Al CIAda. In other words, the old world order no longer cares if their fake stories are seen through by the rest of the world and are now openly threatening nuclear black-mail.
Italy is also in a panic over rumors they will be hit by an earthquake or nuclear device on May 11th. The group earlier threatening the Vatican with a suitcase nuclear bomb, for its part, says there will be no attack on the Vatican on May 11th.
A different group calling itself the Dark Brotherhood is also using the nuclear blackmail card and are threatening to "destroy the world" if a new financial system is not announced by June 1st.
The big threat, still hanging over us all, is of course World War 3 and nuclear holocaust.
On the financial side there are also many strange goings on. The battle between the fiat money printers and the supporters of an asset backed new financial system burst out into the open with a rash of fiat short-selling of commodities futures timed to coincide with hikes in margin requirements. The fall in commodities prices and subsequent rebound bought the fiat people some, but not much time.
Then there was the attack on Sony's online consumer credit card database by the same "anonymous" group that attacked former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's internet infrastructure. This was a money grab also originating most likely with the fiat folk.
The Toyota Motor Corporation is also under intense attack. It started with a rash of regulatory torment against Toyota in the US. Then the tsunami shut down a crucial Toyota and Chinese parts operation. Now the Japanese government under Naoto Kan (pronounced "can not" in Japanese) is ordering that the electricity supply to their factories in their Nagoya operating hub be shut down. The reason for these attacks against Toyota is simple extortion. Years ago Toyota was given large sums of money by the Federal Reserve Board crime syndicate and their Japanese flunkies for the purpose of building industrial infrastructure. Toyota took a bunch of that money and set up a series of banks. The Feds, desperate to keep their fraudulent operations going a bit longer, are trying to force Toyota to cough up that money, according to Japanese security police sources. Toyota is saying no.
Despite all the chaos, fear and blustering going on, people must realize that such tactics are part and parcel of high-stakes negotiations. Because of the sensitive nature of these negotiations there is much we are being asked not to write at this time.
However, based on this information, we believe the end result will be world peace. The people in the Vatican seem to really think the world is going to end but that is just not true, the world is about to be reborn. World peace, an end to poverty, an end to environmental destruction and the release of new technologies will follow shortly after the announcement of a new financial system. A long predicted golden age is about to begin.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Benedict to be last Pope
I cannot believe what these bastards have done. And it's gone on for centuries. This is evil incarnate. The Irish St. Malachi predicted that Pope Benedict would be the last Pope. This site has a new "improvement." It doesn't like to do what it used to do. All the articles below are separated by a space, but it doesn't publish that well. I just want readers s to see the extent of this evil. I hope they excorcise themselves right out of existence.
Pope sued for crimes against humanity
Herald Sun - Sep 13, 2011
AN international group representing victims of sexual abuse by priests says it will sue Pope Benedict through the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said on Wednesday it had filed ...
Clergy Abuse Victims Place Hope In Court Filing
KSAT San Antonio - Sep 14, 2011
"We want all whistle blowers, we want all sex abuse victims to come forward. This is their chance now to come out," Barbara Garcia Boehland said. Boehland said her son's abuse led him to suicide, and there are too many others going through the same ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
eTaiwan News - Sep 13, 2011
AP Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests are asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against ...
Vatican Taken to ICC Over Child Abuses
Onislam.net - Sep 14, 2011
The Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of sexual abuse cover-up scandals in both Europe and the United States in recent years. The ICC complaint includes the cases of two victims, who say the priests who sexually abused them simply moved to ...
Group Wants To Investigate Pope For Crimes Against Humanity
Jezebel - Sep 13, 2011
The Catholic Church has been dealing with sexual abuse allegations for years now, but the scandal has reached a new height: a nonprofit is asking the International Criminal Court in the Hague to investigate the Pope. According to the BBC, ...
The Pope accused of crimes against humanity
Public Radio International PRI - Sep 13, 2011
Two American advocacy groups representing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court, asking it to investigate Pope Benedict XVI and three other top Vatican officials for covering up the ...
Pope Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity By Sex Abuse Victims
Business Insider - Sep 13, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican secretary of state and two other senior Holy See officials have been accused of crimes against humanity by victims of sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, reports the Guardian. The accusers have lodged a formal ...
Local victims' group supports charges against Vatican
WAVE - Ashley Brauer - Sep 14, 2011
SNAP and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed more than 20000 pages of documents at The Hague Tuesday. The two advocacy groups want the ICC to charge the Pope and other leaders with crimes against humanity. The brief accuses the Vatican of ...
ICC investigation of religious paedophilia urged formally
allvoices - Sep 14, 2011
By Junior Campbell The US based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced today that it has joined forces with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), a survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims in a formal bid to ...
ICC urged to investigate Pope
RTHK - Sep 13, 2011
The International Criminal Court at the Hague is being asked to investigate Pope Benedict and three senior cardinals over their alleged failure to prevent child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests and punish those responsible. ...
Abuse victims seek ICC inquiry of Pope and 3 top Vatican officials
CBC.ca - Sep 13, 2011
Jeffrey Lena, who represents the Vatican in US sex abuse cases, says the request for the Hague tribunal to launch an investigation into possible crimes against humanity is a "misuse of international judicial processes." The Center for Constitutional ...
Abuse victims try to take Pope to international court
Australia Network News - Sep 13, 2011
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Australia could be included in any International Criminal Court action against the Vatican. The Survivors Network, which includes members from Germany, Ireland and the United States are attempting to sue ...
Papers filed, alleging crimes against humanity by Pope Benedict
Newstalk 106-108 fm - Sep 13, 2011
A group representing survivors of clerical sexual abuse has alleged Pope Benedict XVI and the officials “tolerated and enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes. The New York-based rights group Centre for ...
'War crime' court asked to probe Vatican
Belfast Telegraph - Sep 13, 2011
An international clerical abuse survivors group is calling on Irish bishops to release secret files as it pursues the Vatican in a landmark legal action. The group alleges the Pope and three senior cardinals in Rome "tolerated and enabled the ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Boston Globe - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
AP / September 13, 2011 THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, ...
Hague court urged to investigate Pope over sex abuse
Stabroek News - Sep 14, 2011
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | World News | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) - Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy want the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict and three Vatican officials, accusing them of ...
Catholic Bashers Target The Pope – OpEd
Eurasia Review - William Donohue - Sep 13, 2011
Moreover, it is a lie to say that sexual abuse is being covered up at the highest levels of the Vatican. The homosexual scandal took place during the sexual revolution, and most of the offenses ended a quarter-century ago. ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
Photo: ROB KEERIS / AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation ...
Pope to be considered for investigation by International Criminal Court
Examiner.com - Sep 14, 2011
... of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) to demand that Pope Benedict XVI and three other specifically named Vatican officials be investigated and prosecuted on the charge of crimes against humanity for covering up child sex abuse cases around the world. ...
Church sex-abuse victims urge ICC prosecution
Aljazeera.net - Sep 14, 2011
An international group for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests has asked the International Criminal Court to prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three other senior Vatican officials for crimes against humanity. The Chicago-based Survivors Network ...
Abuse Victims Seek Int'l Court Case Against Pope
NPR - Sep 13, 2011
(AP Photo/Rob Keeris) Associated Press Member of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Peter Isely, attends a press conference in Voorburg, near The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no ...
Pope Accused Of Sex Abuse "Crimes Against Humanity" Charges At The Hague
The New Civil Rights Movement - David Badash - Sep 13, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of “crimes against humanity” by two groups representing sex abuse victims in a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The Pope, along with other top ...
Clergy sex abuse victims seek international tribunal investigation into pope
Newser - Sep 13, 2011
Clergy sex abuse victims upset... (Associated Press) Members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), from left: Phil Saviano, Bert Smeets and Rita Milla attend a press conference in Voorburg, near The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. ...
Group wants Pope prosecuted
Calgary Herald - Sep 14, 2011
An international group for victims of sexual abuse by priests said Tuesday it was asking the International Criminal Court to prosecute Pope Benedict XVI for crimes against humanity. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said it had ...
Pope to be sued by victims who underwent clerical sexual abuses
Aysor - Sep 13, 2011
The international tribunals at The Hague is being asked to investigate top Vatican officials over the global clerical sex abuse scandal, and victims say these offenses meet the legal definition of crimes against humanity, the NPR reports. ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope+eTaiwan News - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
AP Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests brought their claims Tuesday to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation ...
Abuse victims accuse pope, Vatican officials of crimes against humanity
CNN (blog) - Sep 13, 2011
The pope and other church leaders "tolerate and enable the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world," said the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and the Center for Constitutional Rights in a ...
Clergy sex abuse victims seek international tribunal investigation into pope
Newser - Sep 13, 2011
Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests brought their claims Tuesday to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican ...
SNAP gathers to show support for charges filed against the Vatican
-WHAS 11.com (subscription) - Sep 14, 2011
On Tuesday, SNAP leaders and their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief charging the Vatican with tolerating and enabling child sex crimes. Local members say clergy abuse will continue unless the Vatican is held responsible ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Sioux City Journal - Sep 13, 2011
(AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests went to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, seeking an investigation of the pope and top ... +---++++++
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