Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Disappointing .. i had decided to post in full the article of the 2nd link of yours .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/jozef-wesolowski-sex-abuse_n_3917090.html .. until reading in the "More from AP" the Vatican had stated Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski as an employee of the Vatican did have diplomatic immunity (hate that, not sure of complications, but have long felt it shouldn't exist for anyone) .. now i'll just out this bit ..

"In addition to the jurisdiction issue, the Wesolowski case is important for other legal reasons: The Vatican has long managed to fend off civil lawsuits in the U.S. seeking to hold it liable for the conduct of abusive priests or negligent bishops who moved pedophiles around from parish to parish rather than report them to police. It has done so by successfully arguing that neither priests nor bishops are Vatican employees, and that the Holy See therefore cannot be held liable for their criminal conduct.

The case of Wesolowski is different since he is most certainly a Vatican employee, the pope's own personal envoy to the Dominican Republic.

[ so Archbishops are special, eh .. seems rational to say lowlifes as Wesolowski have no claim
to any protection except of the law of the country any crime is alleged to have been committed in ]

Pope Francis has instructed the Vatican to continue its tough line against sexually abusive priests, instructing the head of the Vatican office that handles abuse cases to act "decisively" to protect children, help victims and take the necessary measures to punish the guilty.

Francis in July also signed off on legislation criminalizing child sex abuse and other sexual crimes, with punishments ranging up to more than a decade in prison – laws that apply to Vatican employees as well as diplomatic staff. Those new laws, however, can't be applied retroactively in this case, officials say."

as one possible positive on the child molestation front Pope Francis has made .. it's totally unacceptable
that the Vatican could shield a pedophile .. can only hope the Vatican investigation is not the end of it ..