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Old 04-11-10, 09:33 AM   #6
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Two problems:

One - the people wanting to push this have no legal standing to do so. Any suit brought would be civil in nature - not criminal - because the people bringing it are not in law enforcement. Human rights lawyers cannot charge the Pope directly, they can only request that it be done to a governmental agency charged with such duty. A government going along with suing the Vatican ain't happening anytime soon. That means the only actions they can pursue would be civil cases. No one is going to be arrested on a civil case.

While they could claim to represent "society as a whole" in such a civil matter, any court would throw out the lawsuit because those bringing it have no interest in the matter - other than a political one. They were personally not harmed by the situations in question - and as such would be deemed to "lack standing" to make such a case.

Political / anti-religious stunts are not going to solve this problem. Its a crying shame that people would take advantage of the suffering and abuse of others to try and push their own agenda. I don't care for the Catholic church - but if your going to clean it up - this isn't the way. Its grandstanding and little more than a cry for attention personally and for the way the people involved choose to think. Pitiful.
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