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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Papal immunity?

Check out this post by Prof. Christine Hurt, at Conglomerate:  "Pope Benedict XVI has been named in a lawsuit alleging conspiracy to cover up sexual molestation.  The act in question is a 2001 letter referencing a 1962 policy guideline for addressing sexual molestation complaints.  Judge Rosenthal will have to determine whether the Pope is a head of a church or the head of a state for immunity purposes."  (More here). 

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2005/09/papal_immunity.html

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