Pope Lashes Out at Belgium After Raid on Church
By RACHEL DONADIO
Posted: June 27, 2010.
Posted: June 27, 2010.
Print: New York Times
excerpt:
In a sign of sharply rising tensions between the Vatican and Belgium, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday criticized as “surprising and deplorable” a raid on church property last week by Belgian police investigating sex abuse by clerics.
“On several occasions I have personally reiterated that such serious issues should be attended to by both civil and canon law, with respect for their reciprocal specificity and autonomy,” Benedict said in a statement circulated by the Vatican on Sunday.
You know, maybe if the Vatican actually had a history of not covering up rape of children by priests secular authorities would respect their mythical privileges more. I’m just saying.
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