Wednesday, September 14, 2011

SNAP Files Complaint at ICC against Pope, Others; Charged with Concealing Worldwide Sex Crimes

The Ecumenical News International website reports today (September 14, 2011) that a campaign to hold the pope responsible for "crimes against humanity" is not a publicity stunt, although legal experts tend to doubt it will have much success in the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In an unprecedented move, abuse victims filed a complaint that seeks to hold Pope Benedict XVI and others responsible for the "systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world."

Lawyers representing SNAP -- the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests -- filed the 84-page complaint at the ICC in The Hague, the Netherlands on September 13.

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