Pope charged with crimes against humanity in World Court - Los Angeles atheism | Examiner.com
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hey claim the Pope “is responsible for the preservation and
leadership of a worldwide totalitarian regime of coercion which
subjugates its members with terrifying and health-endangering threats”.
Excerpt:
hey claim the Pope “is responsible for the preservation and
leadership of a worldwide totalitarian regime of coercion which
subjugates its members with terrifying and health-endangering threats”.
They allege he is also responsible for “the adherence to a
fatal forbiddance of the use of condoms, even when the danger of
HIV-Aids infection exists” and for “the establishment and maintenance of
a worldwide system of cover-up of the sexual crimes committed by
Catholic priests and their preferential treatment, which aids and abets
ever new crimes”.
fatal forbiddance of the use of condoms, even when the danger of
HIV-Aids infection exists” and for “the establishment and maintenance of
a worldwide system of cover-up of the sexual crimes committed by
Catholic priests and their preferential treatment, which aids and abets
ever new crimes”.
They claim the Catholic Church “acquires its members through a compulsory act, namely, through the baptism of infants
that do not yet have a will of their own”. This act was “irrevocable”
and is buttressed by threats of excommunication and the fires of hell.
that do not yet have a will of their own”. This act was “irrevocable”
and is buttressed by threats of excommunication and the fires of hell.
It was “a grave impairment of the personal freedom of
development and of a person’s emotional and mental integrity”. The Pope
was “responsible for its preservation and enforcement and, as Prefect of
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of his Church, he was
jointly responsible” with Pope John Paul II.
development and of a person’s emotional and mental integrity”. The Pope
was “responsible for its preservation and enforcement and, as Prefect of
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of his Church, he was
jointly responsible” with Pope John Paul II.
Catholics “threatened by HIV-AIDS . . . are faced with a
terrible alternative: If they protect themselves with condoms during
sexual intercourse, they become grave sinners; if they do not protect
themselves out of fear of the punishment of sin threatened by the
church, they become candidates for death.”
terrible alternative: If they protect themselves with condoms during
sexual intercourse, they become grave sinners; if they do not protect
themselves out of fear of the punishment of sin threatened by the
church, they become candidates for death.”
There was also “strong suspicion that Dr Joseph Ratzinger, as
prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of his church
and as Pope, has up to the present day systematically covered up the
sexual abuse of children and youths and protected the perpetrators,
thereby aiding and abetting further sexual violence toward young people”.
prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of his church
and as Pope, has up to the present day systematically covered up the
sexual abuse of children and youths and protected the perpetrators,
thereby aiding and abetting further sexual violence toward young people”.
Calls for the Pope to be tried for crimes against humanity have been issued many times before. Only last April,
Geoffrey Robinson, a United Nations jurist from the UK, called for an
international criminal investigation of Benedict by the UN World
Criminal Court over the cover-up of crimes by pedophile priests, but
nothing came of it. That may not be the case this time because once
charges are filed, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
must investigate them.
Geoffrey Robinson, a United Nations jurist from the UK, called for an
international criminal investigation of Benedict by the UN World
Criminal Court over the cover-up of crimes by pedophile priests, but
nothing came of it. That may not be the case this time because once
charges are filed, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
must investigate them.
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