International Court Case Against ex-Pope Fizzles
New York, 13th June 2013, Rachel Zoll, AP.
The International Criminal Court has rejected a longshot
request by clergy sex abuse victims to investigate former Pope Benedict XVI and
Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity.
The tribunal, based in The Hague, told attorneys for the
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests that "there is not a basis at
this time to proceed with further analysis."
"The matters described in your communication do not
appear to fall within the jurisdiction of the court," a court official
wrote in a May 31 letter to the Center for Constitutional Rights, the nonprofit
legal group that represents the victims. The legal organization released the
letter Thursday.
Jeffrey Lena, the U.S. attorney for the Vatican,
had called the 2011 request to the court a "ludicrous publicity
stunt."
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