Vatican Served With Abuse Case Papers - Meanwhile, Vatican Races to Canonize John Paul II

Having followed the rampant, world wide sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church for a decade, it is pretty obvious to anyone who doesn't intentionally close their eyes and hold them tightly closed that much of the criminal conspiracy to cover up crimes against children and youths was orchestrated and directed by those in high positions at the Vatican. That includes the late John Paul II and of course, Benedict XVI who headed up today's version of the Inquisition for many years. Given this reality, one has to wonder why anyone with an IQ above a trainable mental level gives any deference or respect to these nasty old men. And it certainly shows the ridiculousness of the effort by the Neanderthal elements in the Church to declare John Paul II a saint. A criminal indictment and trial for criminal conspiracy or racketeering is much more supported by the facts. Now, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that attorneys representing victims of sexual abuse by priest have succeeding in serving court papers on the Vatican. Here are some details:
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The Vatican has been served with court papers stemming from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse against a now-deceased priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf. Jeff Anderson, an attorney for the man making the allegations, said he had been notified the papers were filed through official diplomatic channels.
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"Every time we make a step forward, as long as that takes, we are going in the right direction," Anderson said. "And the direction we're headed is a measure of accountability. We really believe that we need to put some heat on the Vatican to bring some light."
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Kohut's lawsuit alleges Murphy molested him for several years starting around 1960 while Murphy worked at the school for the deaf. The lawsuit contends Joseph Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI; Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, and his predecessor, Cardinal Angelo Sodano conspired to keep quiet decades of abuse allegations against Murphy.
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Murphy, who died in 1998, allegedly sexually abused some 200 boys at the deaf school from 1950 to 1974. In 1996, Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland complained about Murphy in a letter to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the powerful Vatican office led by then-Cardinal Ratzinger from 1981 until he became pope in 2005.
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Anderson also has a pending lawsuit against the Vatican in Oregon for a man who claims he was abused at his Catholic school in the 1960s. Anderson has asked a federal judge to require the pope and the other Vatican officials to testify.
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As for the disgusting effort to canonize the Nazi Pope's predecessor, the San Jose Mercury News has an article that reviews the misdeeds of the less than saintly John Paul II. Here are highlights from that article:
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Few deny that Pope John Paul II was a towering figure of the 20th century, a great pope of great consequence. His record-fast beatification, though, has prompted questions even from some supporters who suggest the Vatican should first answer lingering concerns about the flaws of his papacy.
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And many Vatican watchers—priests and laymen alike—point to the scandal of the Legionaries of Christ as perhaps the greatest failure. The pope held up the wealthy, conservative religious order as a model of orthodoxy. Yet for years, he and his advisers actively or passively ignored allegations that its founder was a pedophile who created a twisted cult-like movement so secretive and oppressive that his crimes went unchecked for decades.
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Church historian Michael Walsh recently questioned whether it was "necessary or fitting" to beatify John Paul so soon after his death, noting that most of the people involved in the process—Benedict included—owe their jobs in some way to the late pontiff and can't be expected to be impartial.
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Even John Paul's biographer, George Weigel, says the Vatican would do well to make public how it resolved the questions about the Legion in its investigation for the beatification. Rev. Marciel Maciel, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, was eventually sanctioned by the Vatican a year after Benedict became pope, a decade after the first allegations reached the Vatican that Maciel had molested young seminarians.