RE: As progressive as the Pope is, he's still a Pope...
November 18, 2014 at 2:40 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 2:41 pm by vorlon13.)
(November 18, 2014 at 1:20 pm)JuliaL Wrote: It's great ta be da "head of state."
Pope is diplomatically immune
Quote:When Benedict went to Britain in 2010, British author and atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins asked authorities to arrest the pope to face questions over the Church's child abuse scandal.
Dawkins and the late British-American journalist Christopher Hitchens commissioned lawyers to explore ways of taking legal action against the pope. Their efforts came to nothing because the pope was a head of state and so enjoyed diplomatic immunity.
Perhaps if some sympathetic lawyers want to do some pro bono work? Otherwise I'm assuming the strategy is wishful but not practical.
The pope can bunk with Manuel Noriega.
It can be done, it just takes the will to do it.
