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Chronicle of Neil Keenan’s Trillion Dollar Bonds Lawsuit: The BIS, Bretton Woods, Black Gold and Maklumat Codes
This is blow-out news. Hang on to your hats as you read through it.
Even my fervently Roman Catholic Italian grandparents must be rolling in their graves over this scandal. No one….not Pope, not President, not Prince, not the Pentagon, not anyone or any entity in power on this planet should be given immunity from prosecution when human dignity is violated. And coming from such positions of power, they need to be held accountable all the more diligently and publically. Period point.
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02/10/12
Antimoney Laundering US
Four Priests Charged In Vatican Banking Scandal
“Italian investigators have charged four priests with laundering money out of the Vatican’s official bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion, the National Catholic Reporter’s John L. Allen Jr. writes.”
“Late last month, an Italian TV program published letters written by the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. that charged the Holy See’s financial planners with cronyism and corruption.”
01/26/12
Times of Malta:
Top official denounces Vatican corruption: reports
“In extracts from the letters published in Corriere della Sera and Libero, Vigano said he had faced a ‘disastrous’ situation when he became head of the governorate in 2009 and said his transfer to Washington was ‘punishment’.
“Much of his criticism was focused on a Vatican financial committee that includes the head of the Vatican bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi. He said the bankers were favouring ‘their interests’ more than the Vatican’s.”
Guardian UK:
‘Plot to kill pope’ sparks Italian media storm
“Claims of a bizarre plot to assassinate Pope Benedict XVI are reverberating through Italy in what observers say signals the latest twist in an increasingly cutthroat internal Vatican power dispute.”
“Labelled ‘strictly confidential for the Holy Father’, the detailed letter reports several conversations that Cardinal Paolo Romeo, the archbishop of Palermo, allegedly had with Italian businessmen in Beijing on a trip last November during which he predicted the pope would die within 12 months and suggested his replacement would be Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan.”
The theme to the “Godfather” threads through my mind…
10/22/10
Washington Post:
Prosecutors: Vatican bank defying laundering laws
“Italian prosecutors contest claims by the Vatican bank that it is trying to comply with international rules to fight money laundering, saying an investigation that led to the seizure of euro23 million ($30 million) from a Vatican bank account shows “exactly the opposite,” according to a court document obtained Friday by The Associated Press.”
“The prosecutors called this “a deliberate failure to observe the anti-laundering laws with the aim of hiding the ownership, destination and origin of the capital.” The Italian banks have declined comment.”
12/27/11
Other Vatican news:
The Telegraph: Vatican throws light on history as it opens secret archives “The priceless documents span more than a millennium, from the 8th century to modern times, and feature a cast of historical characters ranging from the Knights Templar to Galileo, Martin Luther and Henry VIII.”
” ‘It’s an exceptional event,’ Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman, told The Daily Telegraph. ‘It’s the first time that an exhibition of such significance has been organised. Never have so many documents from the Secret Archive been allowed to leave the Vatican.’ “
12/16/11
Vatican “Illuminati” named in astounding lawsuit filed Nov 23 2011, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
This lawsuit has gained so much attention and traction that I have created a section HERE to keep a chronology of events and related news.
List of Defendants as follows:
1. DANIELE DAL BOSCO
2. THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TREASURY CONTROL
3. RAY C. DAM, individually, and as President ofOITC
4. DAVID A. SALE, individually, and as Deputy Chief of the Council for the Cabinet of
OITC
6. THE UNITED NATIONS
7. BAN KI-moon, individually, and as Secretary General of the UN
8. H.E. Ambassador CESARE MARIA RAGAGLINI, Individually, and as Permanent
Representative of the Italian Mission to the UN in New York
9. H.E. Ambassador LAURA MlRACHIAN, Individually, and as Permanent Representative
of the Italian Mission to the UN in Geneva
11. ITALIAN REPUBLIC
12. ITALIAN FINANCIAL POLICE
13. SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Former Prime Minister of Italy
14. THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
15. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM U.S.A., INC.
16. GIANCARLO BRUNO, individually, and as Head of the Banking Industry of WEF
Read the Legal Brief
Salon:
Thousands Abused In Dutch Catholic Institutions
“THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials knew about the abuse but failed to adequately address it or help the victims, a long-awaited report said Friday. The release of the report was followed by an apology to victims by the archbishop of Utrecht, who said the revelation ‘fills us with shame and sorrow.’ “
11/05/11
Telegraph:
Pope told to investigate Vatican murder-suicde amid claims of cover up
“A murder-suicide involving the Swiss Guard that rocked the Vatican in a mystery worthy of a Dan Brown thriller is back in the spotlight after Pope Benedict XVI was asked to intervene and reopen the case.”
10/14/11
Miami Herald:
KC bishop charged for not bringing porn to police
KC bishop charged for not bringing porn to police (Archdiocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph / AP Photo) Oct 11 2011
“KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s Catholic bishop has become the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official indicted on a charge of failing to protect children after he and his diocese waited five months to tell police about hundreds of images of child pornography discovered on a priest’s computer, officials said Friday.”
“Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Finn and the diocese were required under state law to report the discovery to police because the images gave them reason to believe a child had been abused. ‘Now that the grand jury investigation has resulted in this indictment, my office will pursue this case vigorously,; Baker said. ‘I want to ensure there are no future failures to report resulting in other unsuspecting victims.’ “
09/13/11
Jurist:
Rights group files ICC complaint against Vatican over clergy abuse
““The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Tuesday filed an International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint against Vatican officials, including Pope Benedict XVI, for systematic sexual abuse and subsequent concealment of over 10,000 incidents.”
09/03/11
Wash Times:
Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse
“The Vatican on Saturday vigorously rejected claims it sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and accused the Irish prime minister of making an ‘unfounded’ attack against the Holy See.”
07/25/11:
Vatican recalls envoy to Ireland amid abuse uproar “The Vatican made the rare move of recalling its ambassador to Irelandon Monday following accusations that the Holy See sabotaged efforts by Catholic bishops to report clerical sex abuse cases to police.”
“Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore had summoned papal ambassador Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza two weeks ago and demanded an official response from the Vatican. The Vatican has said it will issue one at the ‘opportune time’ but has not done so yet.”07/24/11
Irish Times:
NY Times Mauren Dowd calls Irish leader’s speech [confronting the Vatican] ’breathtaking’
“The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has called Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s recent speech attacking the Vatican over child abuse ‘breathtaking’ and stated that, as in the Rupert Murdoch scandal, ‘people are no longer afraid to confront these empires’ corrupt practices and vast cover-ups.’ ”
12/29/10
Miami Herald:
Belgian activist priest admits sexual abuse
“A Belgian priest has confessed to a child sex-abuse accusation that came to light during a campaign to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting globalization’s impact on developing countries.”
“The confession was published in a Belgian newspaper Wednesday and confirmed by the organization the priest founded, deepening a sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in the country. After a spate of accusations this year, the church in September published the harrowing accounts of more than 100 victims of clerical sex abuse, some as young as two when they were assaulted.”
Fighting abuses of globalization is a good cause, IMHO, but molesting children is intolerable and unacceptable. Ah, the duality of Man.
12/11/10
Guardian UK – Cablegate:
US embassy cables: Vatican’s ‘moral megaphone’ is faulty
US embassy cables: Vatican used sovereign status in face of Irish child abuse investigation
Miami Herald:
Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal
“The new allegations of financial impropriety could not come at a worse time for the Vatican, already hit by revelations that it sheltered pedophile priests. The corruption probe has given new hope to Holocaust survivors who tried unsuccessfully to sue in the United States, alleging that Nazi loot was stored in the Vatican Bank. “
Yet the scandal is hardly the first for the centuries-old bank. In 1986, a Vatican financial adviser died after drinking cyanide-laced coffee in prison. Another was found dangling from a rope under London’s Blackfriars Bridge in 1982, his pockets stuffed with money and stones. The incidents blackened the bank’s reputation, raised suspicions of ties with the Mafia, and cost the Vatican hundreds of millions of dollars in legal clashes with Italian authorities.”
11/23/10
Miami Herald:
Vatican: Condoms lesser evil for heterosexuals too
“Benedict said in a book released Tuesday that condom use by people such as male prostitutes was a lesser evil since it indicated they were moving toward a more moral and responsible sexuality by aiming to protect their partner from a deadly infection.”
“Questions arose immediately about the pope’s intent, though, because the Italian translation of the book used the feminine for prostitute, whereas the original German used the masculine.”
” ‘This is if you’re a man, a woman, or a transsexual. We’re at the same point. The point is it’s a first step of taking responsibility, of avoiding passing a grave risk onto another,’ (Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico) Lombardi said.”
This is the most childish psychobabble I’ve heard in ages. The world is in the midst of era-changing turmoil financially, economically, socially, militarily….and they want to define whether the Pope intended to define “prostitute” in a masculine or feminine sense in his book?
Related: 09/22/10
Guardian UK:
Vatican bank chief investigated over money laundering claimsVatican bank chief investigated over money laundering claims Sep 22 2010
“The head of the Vatican bank has formally been placed under investigation in an inquiry into a suspected violation of Italy‘s money-laundering laws, judicial sources said today.”
“At the same time, a judge in Rome ordered a freeze on €23m (£19.5m) held in an account opened by the Vatican bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), at another financial institution in the Italian capital. It was thought to be the first time such action had been authorised against the IOR in Italy.”
09/20/10
Seattle Times:
2 Belgian bishops want debate on priest celibacy
“The bishop of Hasselt, Patrick Hoogmartens, and his counterpart in Bruges, Jozef De Kesel, said in separate comments that married men should not automatically be excluded from priesthood.”
“The comments come amid the scandal over sex abuse among the clergy which has shaken the Belgian church to its core. Some have questioned whether celibacy is in part to blame and have called for the rule to be rethought. The Vatican insists celibacy isn’t responsible and has defended it as nonnegotiable, even as the number of priests around the world continues to decline.”
09/17/10
Washington Post:
UK Police: 5 arrested in alleged threat to pope
“Police declined to say whether the men were British or give details of their ethnicity, but there was no indication that it was a threat involving national security. Protesters and activists have previously been arrested under the country’s terrorism laws during high-profile events such as economic summits and state visits.”
“The pope’s visit has divided opinion in officially Protestant, highly secular Britain. The trip has been overshadowed by disgust over the Catholic Church’s clerical abuse scandal and opposition from secularists and those opposed to the church’s stances against homosexuality and using condoms to fight AIDS.”
09/10/10
Times Live:
475 child sex abuse cases in Belgian Catholic church “A Belgian Catholic Church-backed commission Friday published a report revealing hundreds of cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by clergy and church workers, and 13 suicides by abuse victims. “
“Most were related to charges of sexual abuse committed between the 1950s and the late 1980s by Catholic clergy, but also by teachers of religion and adults working with youth movements.”
06/28/10
Boston Globe:
Court lets Vatican-sex abuse lawsuit move forward “The Supreme Court won’t stop a lawsuit that accuses the Vatican of conspiring with U.S. church officials to transfer a priest from city to city despite repeated accusations that the clergyman sexually abused young people.”
“….(T)he lower federal courts have ruled in this case that there could be an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act. A judge ruled there was enough of a connection between the Holy See and Ronan for him to be considered a Vatican employee under Oregon law, and that ruling was upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Vatican has argued that it is not responsible for the actions of individual priests in dioceses.”
I’ve seen it coming for some time (astrologically), but it is nevertheless fascinating to watch the slow-motion breakdown of not only the Vatican-controlled “religion” but the the Zionist-controlled “religion”, and the Christian-Zionist ”religion” almost simultaneously.
06/25/10
Aljazeera:
Vatican anger over Belgium raids “Police on Thursday raided the headquarters of Belgium’s Roman Catholic church, several buildings of the Mechelen-Brussels archdiocese and the offices of a church commission investigating abuse claims.”
“In a statement on Friday, the Vatican voiced “astonishment over how the searches were carried out yesterday by Belgian judicial authorities and its indignation over the violation of the graves of the Cardinals Jozef-Ernest Van Roey and Leon-Joseph Suenens. Prosecutors in Brussels said that the action, involving dozens of officers and investigators, followed a string of accusations “denouncing abuse of minors committed by a certain number of church figures.”
06/21/10
Guardian UK:
Vatican cardinal faces corruption inquiry over Rome property deals “A senior Vatican cardinal is under investigation for corruption, dragging the Catholic church into a public works scandal that has sent shockwaves through the Italian government.”
“Italian media reported today that Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the archbishop of Naples, was suspected of striking cosy deals while head of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, the Vatican congregation that uses proceeds from a property empire including 2,000 Rome apartments to fund missionary efforts.”
06/11/10
Bertone says ‘infidelity’ of some priests will give birth to ‘spiritual renewal’
06/08/10
NewsTimes Com:
Women’s ordination groups march on Vatican “Reformers marched Tuesday on St. Peter’s Square to demand that the Vatican begin discussions on letting women join the priesthood and to criticize the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of the cleric abuse scandal.”
” ‘While the hierarchy spends their time covering up scandals and throwing major celebrations for themselves, Catholic women are working for justice and making a positive difference in the world,’ said Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference.”
05/24/10
DW TV: Catholic communities fear collapse
05/08/10
Independent UK:
Pope accepts resignation of German bishop in sex probe “Pope Benedict today accepted the resignation of a German bishop who has been accused of sexually abusing children, the latest in a string of Roman Catholic prelates forced to resign over an abuse scandal.”
“German prosecutors and church officials said yesterday authorities were investigating accusations of sexual abuse by Mixa, who had already offered to resign after being accused of hitting children.”
“A survey published last month found a quarter of Germany’s Catholics were considering leaving the church over the abuse allegations.”
05/03/10
MSNBC:
Catholics mult defrocking abusive priests “The question — to defrock or not? — is complicated by the fact that most abuse allegations date back decades and cannot be prosecuted criminally, leaving decisions about how to deal with abusers largely in the hands of church authorities.”
What’s to debate? A schoolteacher of either sex who is proven to have molested and abused children would be yanked from teaching children immediately. It should be no different for Priests and clergy. They are there to instill moral values and guidance and if they instead instill immoral values, they should be gone like right now, IMHO.
05/01/10
Huffington Post:
Pope to name commission to reform Legionaries “The Vatican denounced the ‘immoral’ double life led by the late founder of the Legionaries of Christ on Saturday and said a papal envoy and special commission would be named to overhaul the conservative order following revelations its founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered at least one child.”
In a statement, the Vatican excoriated the Rev. Marciel Maciel for creating a ‘system of power’ built on silence and obedience that enabled him to lead a double life ‘devoid of any scruples and authentic sense of religion’ and allowed him to abuse young boys for decades unchecked.
04/24/10
Public Opinion Online:
Vatican spokesman: Church able to heal from wounds “The Vatican spokesman said Saturday that the Catholic Church is capable of healing the wounds inflicted on it by the clerical sex abuse scandal, but that the time had come for ‘truth, transparency and credibility.’ “
“The Rev. Federico Lombardi said a recent meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and abuse victims in Malta brought the victims new hope. He said the meeting had been held in the context of a living, dynamic church that is ‘capable of recognizing its wounds sincerely but also of obtaining the grace of healing.’ “
04/17/10
Huffington Post:
Pope Benedict XVI: Five Years In, Not The ‘Breather’ The Vatican Hoped For “Benedict, who turned 83 on Friday, is seeing his very legacy threatened as his own actions as bishop and cardinal have come under question. The pope has come under suspicion of trying quash investigations into pedophile priests during the time he ran the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s guardian of church discipline and orthodoxy.”
04/16/10
USA Today:
Vatican tries to quell uproar over gay comment “The Vatican on Wednesday tried to defuse growing anger over remarks by the pope’s top aide that the problem behind the pedophile priest scandals is homosexuality and not the church’s celibacy requirement.”
They just keep digging the grave deeper and deeper.
04/15/10
GaeaTimes:
Pope mentions attacks on church, urges repentance, recognition of mistakes ” ‘I must say, we Christians, even in recent times, have often avoided the word ‘repent’, which seemed too tough. But now under attack from the world, which has been telling us about our sins … we realize that it’s necessary to repent, in other words, recognize what is wrong in our lives,’ Benedict said.”
04/14/10
Star Tribune:
AP IMPACT: Predator priests shuffled around world, some still at large and still ministering “In an investigation spanning 21 countries across six continents, The Associated Press found 30 cases of priests accused of abuse who were transferred or moved abroad. Some escaped police investigations. Many had access to children in another country, and some abused again.”
” ‘The pattern is if a priest gets into trouble and it’s close to becoming a scandal or if the law might get involved, they send them to the missions abroad,’ said Richard Sipe, a former Benedictine monk and critic of what he says is a practice of international transfers of accused and admitted priest child abusers. ‘Anything to avoid a scandal.’ “
Suppressing and covering up Truth never works for very long. Truth suppressed is like a pressure cooker that eventually blows the lid off everything—it’s one of nature’s laws. One would think dark forces would get it by now.
CBS News:
Vatican Goes Into Damage Control Mode Over Abuse “The Vatican has gone into full-fledged damage control mode in the priest sex abuse scandal ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s first foreign trip since it erupted. Officials are promising surprising new initiatives. The pope’s personal secretary is speaking out. And bishops around the world are being told to report abuse cases to the police.”
“The revved-up strategy comes as the Vatican tries to stem the damage from weeks of revelations about priests who raped and molested children – and the church officials who kept it quiet – before the pontiff’s visit to Malta this weekend. Abuse victims on that majority Roman Catholic Mediterranean island are seeking a papal audience and apology.”
04/09/10
Washington Examiner:
Ratzinger intervened in Arizona priest’s abuse case, then waited for years to defrock him “The future Pope Benedict XVI took over the abuse case of an Arizona priest, then let it languish at the Vatican for years despite repeated pleas from the bishop for the man to be removed from the priesthood, according to church correspondence.”
“As abuse cases with the pontiff’s fingerprints mushroom, Teta’s case and that of another Arizona priest cast further doubt on the church’s insistence that the future pope played no role in shielding pedophiles.”
04/04/10
Washington Post:
Pope’s immunity could be challenged in Britain “Protests are growing against Pope Benedict XVI’s planned trip to Britain, where some lawyers question whether the Vatican’s implicit statehood status should shield the pope from prosecution over sex crimes by pedophile priests.”
“Lawyers are divided over the immunity issue. Some argue that the Vatican isn’t a true state, while others note the Vatican has national relations with about 170 countries, including Britain. The Vatican is also the only non-member to have permanent observer status at the U.N. Then again, no other top religious leaders enjoy the same U.N. privileges or immunity, so why should the pope?”
03/30/10
Vows of Silence:
What Pope Benedict Must Do “Benedict is grappling with an unfinished crisis that drew media coverage in America in 1992; victims’ lawsuits revealed bishops who had sheltered predators from prosecution. By 1994 the coverage had ebbed. Then, in 2002, The Boston Globe gained access to voluminous documents, exposing a vast clergy sexual underground. Pope John Paul II called the American cardinals to Rome for an emergency conference. In June, the U.S. bishops enacted a youth protection charter. Lay review boards would comb clergy files and probe new accusations. Bishops began weeding out sex offenders.”
“The root crisis lies in the church’s view of apostolic succession. The pope and bishops consider themselves descendants in a spiritual lineage from Jesus’s apostles. Apostolic succession is as much a part of Catholicism as icons and stained glass windows. But Judas was also an apostle — a reminder that all humans, regardless of proximity to the Word, are capable of betraying the faith. Apostolic succession has fallen victim to hubris, the pride and entitlement of a religious elite who consider apology or penance a substitute for human justice.
Sac Bee/AP:
Pope’s preacher: Abuse critique like anti-Semitism “Pope Benedict XVI’s personal preacher on Friday likened accusations against the pope and the Catholic church in the sex abuse scandal to ‘collective violence’ suffered by the Jews.”
That does it. Now I know the magnetic shift on the planet is warping the minds of popes, presidents, prime ministers, preachers and politicians 
03/20/10
MSNBC:
Pope to sex abuse priests: Submit to ‘justice’ “Pope Benedict XVI told priests who have abused children to submit to the ‘demands of justice,’ according to a letter released Saturday.”
03/12/10
The Independent (Opinion page):
Edge of reason: The lonely reign of Benedict XVI “Being Pope is a lonely job. Pope Paul VI wrote in a private note: ‘It brings great solitude. I was solitary before, but now my solitariness becomes complete and awesome….to suffer alone….Me and God.’ Benedict must feel the same way. And in his raptures of lonely suffering, he has succeeded in turning St Peter’s into an enormous bunker.”
SF Chronicle:
Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse “Germany’s sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children.”
03/10/10
MSN:
German Catholics to investigate abuse charges “Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday – one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI’s brother and another into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.”
03/05/10
Telegraph UK:
Sexual abuse accusations at Pope’s brother’s choir “Germany’s Roman Catholic Church has revealed charges of priests beating and sexually abusing boys in at least three schools in Pope Benedict’s native Bavaria, one linked to a renowned choir once led by his brother.”
“Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German Bishops Conference, apologised last month for sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests after over 100 such cases were reported in elite Jesuit boarding schools around the country.”
03/18/09
AOL:
Pope in Africa says church must help the poor: “In the context of globalization with which we are all familiar, the church takes a particular interest in those who are most deprived.”
I read a double entendre here. Later in article: “The meeting with the bishops had long been planned for the cathedral in Yaounde, but construction there has not been finished, amid allegations in the local media that the funds set aside were embezzled by clergy.” [Helping the poor with regard to the Pope could start perhaps with cashing in all their billions and actually helping? ]
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09/22/10
CBS News:
Ga. Megachurch Pastor Accused In Sex Scandal
Bishop Eddie Long, Ga. Megachurch Pastor, Accused In Sex Scandal Sep 22 2010
“As a Christian author, gospel singer and leader of one of the nation’s best-known black megachurches, Bishop Eddie Long finds a wide audience for messages such as marriage is ‘between one man and one woman.’ Those words hung heavy Wednesday over accusations that the TV preacher, a married father of four, used jewelry, cars and cash to lure three young men into sexual relationships.”
“B.J. Bernstein, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said she opened her investigation after getting a call from one of the men.”
Bernstein said she didn’t trust local authorities to investigate the claims. ‘This is a really large church that’s incredibly politically powerful,’ Bernstein said. ‘There are pictures of this guy with every politician around. With something this important, how can I trust that word didn’t get back to the bishop?’ “
Smart move on her part.
07/19/10
Salon Com:
Bishop’s resignation shifts attention to Protestant abuse “(Y)ou might have gained the impression that the Catholic Church is in essence a giant pedophile ring. But this perception is unfair – not because it is untrue, but because it insinuates that Catholics have a monopoly on systemic child abuse. In fact, hierarchical religions of all kinds attract pedophiles to their ranks, including the Catholics’ main Central European competitor, Protestantism. A high-level resignation today once more casts a sombre light on what increasingly appears to be organized religion’s ‘original sin.’ ”
