Houston Men Sue Pope Over Letter About Sex Abuse

[davidinalameda]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/4419309/detail.html

Three Houston-area men used a letter written by Pope Benedict XVI while he was a cardinal as the basis for a lawsuit against the Catholic Church, Local 2 reported in an exclusive story Tuesday.

The men claim that they are victims of the church's sex scandal and that a letter written by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is proof that he conspired to keep claims of sex abuse secret.

In a Houston federal courtroom, the men's attorneys told Judge Lee Rosenthal Tuesday that the now-pope tried to cover up sex crimes against children in the Catholic Church.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Wow.

That was fast.
Don't get too comfortable, Benny.

[MountainLaurel]

2. This could get interesting

:popcorn:

[Quakerfriend]

3. Excellent!

We must show what this guy is really all about.

[Kagemusha]

4. You do realize the Pope has sovereign immunity, right?

Just checking.

[Karenina]

6. That's OK

Let's just watch the SOB DENY the charges! :popcorn:

[Meeker Morgan]

7. Let's just watch the SOB IGNORE the charges!

eot

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. That would be my guess.

[mutus_frutex]

5. Hehe..

I'm getting my lawn chair.. :-) This is going to be nice.. Of course, he is going to complain about the persecution and blame the protestants (?!?)... :-P

[Straight Shooter]

8. Will the Pope theaten to excommunicate them for suing the Pope?

I can already see his epitaph, "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."

:popcorn:

[Ian David]

9. Nominated for greatest. Forwarded to my distribution list. See related

See my related thread:

Revoking the Corporate Charter of the Boston Archdiocese
Topic started by IanDB1 on Apr-07-05 04:34 PM (4 replies)
Last modified by lulu in NC on Apr-09-05 04:52 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=226&topic_id=1599

Also:

Have you heard of this gay-friendly Catholic Priest Group?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=221&topic_id=10746&mesg_id=10746

[jdj]

10. well, hopefull Sinead will come out of retirement to rip up his

picture on SNL...and maybe this time people have their heads out of their asses enough to give her a standing ovation instead of character assassinating her for daring to speak the truth.

[tjdee]

12. "cases of this kind are subject to the pontifical secret."

Ooohhhh, someone's in troubleee.....

I don't know what a pontifical secret is, but I'm thinking that child molestation shouldn't be *ANY* kind of secret.

But then, this guy is immune to charges, basically like George Bush (thus far).

So...umm...hmm.