.. the Pope's ability to claim diplomatic immunity

[Henk Elegeert]

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Richard Dawkins promises to arrest Pope Benedict
XVI<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/richard-dawkins-promises-to-arrest-pope-benedict-xvi/story-e6frf7lf-1225852600931>

   - Staff writers
   - From:news.com.au <http://www.news.com.au/>
   - April 12, 2010


[image: Richard Dawkins]

*ATHEIST campaigner Richard Dawkins has vowed to arrest the Pope for crimes
against humanity.*

Professor Dawkins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins> has hired a
team of lawyers to see if Pope Benedict XVI can be charged over his handling
of the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Roman Catholic
Church<http://www.news.com.au/world/pope-benedict-xvi-resisted-removal-of-pedophile-priest/story-e6frfkz0-1225852086086>,
according to*The Sunday Times*.

Professor Dawkins, who wrote *The God Delusion*, claims that the Pope has
shielded paedophile priests from the authorities.

However, he and fellow writer Christopher Hitchens believe they can make a
case for arresting the Pope during the Pope's planned visit to Britain in
September.

Among the human rights lawyers they have hired is Australian-born barrister
Geoffrey Robertson.

They do not believe the Pope will be able to claim diplomatic immunity
because he is not recognised as a head of state by the United Nations.

"This is a man whose first instinct when his priests are caught with their
pants down is to cover up the scandal and damn the young victims to
silence," Professor Dawkins said.

Last year Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni was forced to cancel a
planned trip to
Britain<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6957495.ece>
after
a British judge was persuaded by Palestinian activists to issue a warrant
for her arrest over her role Israel's invasion of Gaza in 2008.

The warrant was later withdrawn.

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" .. the Pope's ability to claim diplomatic immunity", daar kan men toch ook
een eind aan maken in het andere geval?!!

Henk Elegeert

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