Europe court rejects case seeking to blame Vatican for abuse
A European court agreed Tuesday that the Vatican couldn’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, affirming that it enjoys sovereign immunity.
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by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, clerical sexual abuse, European Court of Justice, Holy See, lead, News, sovereignty, Vatican | 0 |
A European court agreed Tuesday that the Vatican couldn’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, affirming that it enjoys sovereign immunity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 12, 2020 | Andrew Ronan, Jeffrey Lena, lead, News, News Analysis, secrecy, sovereignty, Theodore McCarrick, Vatican | 0 |
The McCarrick report is so breathtaking that one wonders if anyone in the Vatican actually understands the magnitude of the precedent they just set.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Eucharist, Eucharistic tweezers, Italy, lead, Mass, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, sovereignty, St. John Paul II | 0 |
After urging compliance the day before, it did not escape attention that Pope Francis didn’t quite follow suit in his public Mass Monday, held in St. Peter’s Basilica before the tomb of St. John Paul II to mark the centenary of his predecessor’s birth.
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