Tag: Crimes Against Humanity
Why the Pope must face justice at The Hague
By Barbara Blaine September 18, 2011.
Print: The Guardian
On 13 September, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed an 84-page complaint and over 20,000 pages of supporting materials with the International Criminal Court, documenting the charge that the Pope and Vatican officials have tolerated and enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.
Hague Is Asked to Investigate Vatican Over Abuse
LAURIE GOODSTEIN September 13, 2011.
Print: New York Times
Human rights lawyers and victims of clergy sexual abuse filed a complaint on Tuesday urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity for what they described as abetting and covering up the rape and sexual assault of children by priests.
