The Case of the Pope

Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism, Reference & Language, Law, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Geoffrey Robertson QC ISBN: 9780141968896
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: September 8, 2010
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Geoffrey Robertson QC
ISBN: 9780141968896
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: September 8, 2010
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

THE CASE OF THE POPE delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world.

Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law?

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent canon law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights.

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THE CASE OF THE POPE delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world.

Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law?

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent canon law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights.

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