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US Supreme Court deals pedophilia blow for Vatican
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Source: Raw Story

US Supreme Court deals pedophilia blow for Vatican

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, June 28th, 2010 -- 11:21 am

Louisiana attorneys lawyers 100622a US Supreme Court deals pedophilia blow for Vatican

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by the Vatican in a landmark case that opens the way for priests in the United States to stand trial for pedophilia.

Allowing a federal appeals court ruling to stand, the decision means Vatican officials including theoretically Pope Benedict XVI could face questioning under oath related to a litany of child sex abuse cases.

The Supreme Court effectively confirmed the decision of an appellate court to lift the Vatican's immunity in the case of an alleged pedophile priest in the northwestern state of Oregon.

The Oregon case, which was filed in 2002, does not directly address questions raised in a separate lawsuit in Kentucky alleging that US bishops are employees of the Holy See

Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0628/supreme-court-deals-pedophilia-blow-vatican/
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