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For Immediate Release
Jonathan Levy and Tom Easton, Attorneys
Tel. 513-528-0586
E mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
Vatican Facing Another Legal Time Bomb
April 6, 2002 - The current pedophilia scandal rocking the Catholic Church in
America has resulted in several lawsuits against multiple archdioceses as a result of
a pattern of cover ups and pay offs. The Vatican has been added, as a defendant in
at least two lawsuits filed by sexual abuse victims who claim sovereign or diplomatic
immunity is no defense for the battered institution known as the Roman Catholic
Church. This trend will likely continue as more victims come forward and more
lawsuits are filed.
But, the Vatican faces another legal time bomb that has been quietly wending its way
through the federal court system since November 1999 and may be just as financially
devastating. In November 1999, Ukrainian Holocaust survivors later joined by Serb
and Jewish plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against the Vatican Bank, alleging
complicity in the laundering of Nazi World War II loot including the proceeds of
genocide from several Croatian run concentration camps where upwards of 500,000
Serbs were liquidated between 1941 and 1945.
The Vatican Bank has claimed sovereign immunity to the lawsuit declaring that it is
an arm of the Holy See. However, the lawsuit persists and the thorny question of
whether a US Court can hear a lawsuit against a Vatican organization remains
unresolved. Plaintiffs’ attorneys claim immunity is not available for the Vatican Bank
which is no stranger to scandal; Federal Judge Maxine Chesney has yet to rule on
the case.
Jonathan Levy, one of plaintiffs’ counsels, suggests the Vatican is particularly
vulnerable to legal process since it is both a Church and a quasi state, but has only
enjoyed United States recognition since 1983 as a sovereign entity. Levy said, “Many
of the Vatican’s activities fall outside the traditional actions of a state,
particularly
when it comes to financing the Church. In the case of the pedophilia cover up, a
Vatican policy of protecting guilty priests violates customary international law as
well
as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by over 190 nations
including the Holy See and expressly prohibits sexual exploitation of children.
According to Levy, “Some in the Vatican feel they are above temporal laws, there is a
parallel here, after World War II the Church assisted Nazi war criminals and helped
them escape justice. Now it is pedophile priests who have escaped punishment with
help from Rome. In my opinion these are the actions of a rogue state and subject to
full legal process in our courts.”
For more information on the Vatican Bank lawsuit see:
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
or contact
Attorney Jonathan Levy
At 513-528-0586
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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