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U.S. green light to process Vatican Pedophilia

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28/6/10

Pedophilia, Court: "No comment on" use of

The U.S. Supreme Court, in deciding not to comment on the appeal in the case of Oregon "Anonymous against the Holy See ", has removed the last obstacle to the civil trial Vatican of a case of child abuse in Oregon. According the first interpretation, the courts have recognized that the Holy See can be considered civilly liable for the actions of pedophile priests. The judges have accompanied the "no" consideration of the case without giving reasons.

The Court decided not to stop the lawsuit in which the Vatican is accused of repeatedly transferred to an Irish priest from city to city despite repeated instances of sexual molestation of minors.


The appeal to the Court was brought by the Holy See that it is demanding the right to sovereign immunity: this right, which had expressed welcome the Obama administration, was rejected over several levels of courts and ultimately by the Court of Appeal in Sacramento.


The priest at the center of the case, the Rev. Andrew Ronan, died. The lawsuit considers the Vatican shared responsibility for its abuses having moved from Ireland to Chicago and then to Portland, despite being aware of the charges against him.


lawyer of the victims: "A chance to justice"

"The Court's action is a response to the prayers of thousands of survivors of sexual harassment of priests who have a chance to finally have justice." Said Jeff Anderson, a lawyer accused the Vatican in the case 'against the Holy See Anonymous' in The Supreme Court has agreed to be considered. "We thank the judges - he added - for the courage with which they have let the lawsuit go forward. Finally there is a chance of justice, there is a chance to close the wounds."


Office of the Vatican: "We are in the right"
Jeffrey Lena, a lawyer of the Holy See would have preferred to resolve the issue at the Supreme Court, "but today's decision does not mean that we were wrong in ' interpretation of the law. " Lena said that at this point the Obama administration had given reason to the Vatican: "The courts of Washington have estimated that the case did not deserve to be examined at their level for now. "