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Edit: "Pope Benedict XVI alone has authority over bishops."

Vatican Not Priests' Employer, U.S. Judge Says


Tourists gather in St. Peter's square at the Vatican.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

By NIGEL DUARA
08/20/12 08:53 PM ET

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.

The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman ends a six-year question in the decade-old case and could shield the Vatican from possible monetary damages.

The original lawsuit was filed in 2002 by a Seattle-area man who said the Rev. Andrew Ronan repeatedly molested him in the late 1960s.

The plaintiff tried to show that Ronan and all priests are employees of the Vatican, which is therefore liable for their actions.

Mosman made a previous decision strictly on legal theory and determined that, if all the factual assertions made by the plaintiff's lawyers in the case were true and applicable, then the Vatican would indeed employ Ronan. But on Monday, Mosman said he looked at the facts in the case and didn't find an employer-employee relationship.

"There are no facts to create a true employment relationship between Ronan and the Holy See," Mosman said in his ruling from the bench.

Jeff Anderson, attorney for the plaintiff, said he will appeal the decision.

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So .. "Pope Benedict XVI alone has authority over bishops.", yet the law says ..
""There are no facts to create a true employment relationship between Ronan and the Holy See,"".

Ok .. arizona.. do you understand how that could be? Do others? Off the top, i don't .. lol .. really i don't .. Pope Benedict XVI, surely since you have ALL the authority over the Bishops .. ALL the authority .. then who the heck is the employer if not you?

Must be missing something.

Edit: ps: .. oh Priests .. ok .. ok .. the Pope has ALL authority over
Bishops .. guessing Bishops have some authority over Priests .. or
all? .. soooo.......? .. if and if .. all the authority, yet not the employer?

How does that work? Still must be missing something.