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21 Aug 2012, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
The abuse victim's suit however continues against Ronan's religious order, and his attorneys say they will appeal yesterday's ruling regarding the Vatican. [read post]
22 Feb 2009, 5:25 am
" Shlein apologized live on Wednesday, Channel 10 has assured the Israeli foreign ministry that the segment will not be aired again, and the station's attorney has sent a letter of apology to the attorney for a Christian group that was offended. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 1:59 pm by rtruman
Attorney Connects Vatican Sex Abuse Scandal to Oregon Suit [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 5:00 am
" But Jeff Anderson, a Minnesota-based attorney who filed a similar suit against the Vatican in 2003 that also has been allowed to go forward, said since the Vatican does business in this country, it submits itself to U.S. laws and legal obligations. [read post]
18 May 2010, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
An AP article over the week end that quoted the Vatican's lead attorney in the U.S., Jeffrey Lena, previewed these arguments. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 7:08 am by Nathan Koppel
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed a complaint today with the international court alleging that Vatican officials have tolerated and enabled the concealing of “child sex crimes,” according to this statement by SNAP’s attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 6:23 pm by Dr. Shezad Malik
The Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer attorneys' questions under oath. [read post]
24 Apr 2010, 6:30 pm by Howard Friedman
Counsel for plaintiff expects that the Vatican will raise a defense of sovereign immunity. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Reporting on the Supreme Court's refusal to review which allows the lawsuit to move to trial, AP quoted plaintiff's attorney who hopes now to be able to depose Vatican officials. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:17 pm by Altman & Altman
The Vatican’s US attorney has attempted to have the federal courts toss out the complaint on the grounds of sovereign immunity. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
However a lawyer for the Vatican says that Benedict retains legal immunity as a former head of state. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 4:58 am
Yesterday's Louisville Courier-Journal reporting on the decision quoted plaintiffs' attorney William McMurry who said that the lawsuit could lead to attorneys taking depositions of Vatican officials, obtaining copies of church documents and ultimately determining "what prompted all of the bishops to keep quiet, hide these pedophiles and refuse to report child abusers. [read post]
20 May 2010, 8:24 am
Jeffrey Lena, the Vatican's US attorney denies that the Pope has control over Bishops, saying: "The pope is not a five-star general ordering his troops around," Law Different in Canada? [read post]
20 May 2010, 8:24 am by John McKiggan
Jeffrey Lena, the Vatican's US attorney denies that the Pope has control over Bishops, saying: "The pope is not a five-star general ordering his troops around," Law Different in Canada? [read post]
Mitchell Garabedian, a well-known attorney representing church sexual abuse victims has taken on the case. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 7:45 pm by Brian Cook
In the ongoing legal drama of (formerly) local attorney, William McMurray’s, attempt to take the recent Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals straight to the top (ie. to the Pope and the Vatican), McMurray has now asked the judge in a case filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Louisville to force the Pope himself, Benedict XVI to appear for his deposition. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 6:05 am by Howard Friedman
The article reports: "The Vatican's selection of the unknown and untested Lena ruffled some feathers among the small coterie of U.S. attorneys - most of them Catholics at big law firms - who were representing dioceses in sex abuse lawsuits. [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 9:02 pm by Dr. Shezad Malik
According to the AP story, the lawsuit claims the Vatican had to approve the international transfer. [read post]