Why would a man who is allegedly innocent want immunity??

Why would a man who is allegedly innocent want immunity??



Pope Benedict to seek immunity and protection from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on February 23



Posted on
February 14, 2013 by
itccs

International Tribunal calls on Napolitano to "not collude
in criminality", and announces global campaign to occupy Vatican
property and launch human rights inquiry in Italy


Rome (9 am local time):

Pope Benedict, Joseph Ratzinger, has scheduled a meeting with Italian
President Giorgio Napolitano for Saturday, February 23 to discuss
securing protection and immunity from prosecution from the Italian
government, according to Italian media sources.

Ratzinger's meeting follows upon the apparent receipt by the Vatican
of a diplomatic note from an undisclosed European government on February
4, stating its intention to issue an arrest warrant for Ratzinger, who
resigned from his pontificate less than a week later.

In response to the February 23 meeting, the International Tribunal
into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS), through its field Secretary,
Rev. Kevin Annett, has written to President Napolitano, asking him to
refrain from assisting Ratzinger in evading justice.

The ITCCS letter states, in part,

"I need not remind you, Mr. President, that under international law
and treaties that have been ratified by Italy, you and your government
are forbidden from granting such protection to those like Joseph
Ratzinger who have aided and abetted criminal actions, such as ordering
Bishops and Cardinals in America and elsewhere to protect known child
rapists among their clergy.

"Your obligation to the Vatican through the Lateran Treaty does not
negate or nullify the requirements of these higher moral and
international laws; nor does it require that you give any protection or
immunity to a single individual like Joseph Ratzinger, especially after
he has left his papal office."

A copy of the complete text of the ITCCS letter follows.

In response to the documented crimes of child torture, trafficking
and genocide linked to Pope Benedict and Vatican officials, the ITCCS
will be sponsoring a series of ongoing protests and occupations of Roman
Catholic churches and offices through its affiliates around the world
beginning in Easter week, March 24-31, 2013, and continuing
indefinitely.

These actions will accompany the legal efforts to bring Joseph
Ratzinger and other Vatican officials to trial for their proven
complicity in crimes against humanity and criminal conspiracy.

The Easter Reclamation Campaign will seize church property and assets
to prevent their use by child raping priests, who are protected under
Catholic canon law. Citizens have this right to defend their communities
and children when the authorities refuse to do so, under international
law.

Rev. Kevin Annett and an official delegation from the ITCCS Central
Office will also be convening a formal human rights inquiry in Rome
commencing the week of May 13, 2013, to consider further charges against
the Vatican and its new Pope for crimes against humanity and
obstruction of justice.

Rev. Annett and his delegation will be working with organizations
across Italy in this investigation. In 2009 and 2010, he held rallies
outside the Vatican and met with media and human rights groups across
Italy to charge the Vatican with the death of more than 50,000
aboriginal children in Canada.



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An Open Letter and Appeal to Giorgio Napolitano, President of the
Republic of Italy from Rev. Kevin D. Annett, Secretary of the
International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State



14 February, 2013
Al Presdente della Repubblica Italiana Giorgio Napolitano
Presidenza della Repubblica
c/o Palazzo del Quirinale
00187 Roma
Italia


Dear President Napolitano,

On behalf of our Tribunal and people of conscience everywhere, and of
the millions of victims of church abuse, I am making an appeal to you
regarding your upcoming meeting with Joseph Ratzinger, who will retire
soon as Pope Benedict, the Pontiff of the Church of Rome.

Our understanding is that, in the wake of pressure to have him resign
his office because of his proven complicity in concealing child
trafficking in his church and other crimes against humanity, Joseph
Ratzinger is seeking the assistance of the Italian government in
securing protection and immunity from legal prosecution.

I need not remind you, Mr. President, that under international law
and treaties that have been ratified by Italy, you and your government
are forbidden from granting such protection to those like Jospeh
Ratzinger who have aided and abetted criminal actions, such as ordering
Bishops and Cardinals in America and elsewhere to protect known child
rapists among their clergy.

Your obligation to the Vatican through the Lateran Treaties does not
negate or nullify the requirements of these higher moral and
international laws; nor does it require that you give any protection or
immunity to a single individual like Joseph Ratzinger, especially after
he has left his papal office.

The need for you to abide by international law and not be seen to
collude with Joseph Ratzinger is even more true when one considers the
enormity of the crimes of which the Vatican and its highest officials
are clearly guilty, according to considerable evidence gathered and
documented by our Tribunal and other groups, and acknowledged by many
governments.

In Canada alone, the Roman Catholic Church and its Vatican agents
have been found guilty of responsibility for genocide and the deaths of
at least 50,000 aboriginal child children in the Jesuit-initiated Indian
residential school system, that operated until 1996.

In Ireland, more than 10,000 women suffered and were exploited in the
Catholic-run Magdalene Laundries, where many of them died. Similar
church-run institutions all over the world have caused enormous
mortality, disease and ruination for millions of children. And yet the
church has never been held accountable or prosecuted for these deaths
and the theft of enormous wealth from entire nations.

With the recent initiative of at least one European government and a
host of lawyers to bring Joseph Ratzinger and other church officials to
trial for these crimes, we feel it is incumbent on you neither to assist
nor to be seen to assist or condone the attempt by him to evade,
obstruct or delay justice, lest you open yourself to a charge of being
an accessory to a crime.

On behalf of our Tribunal and of many people who cannot speak, I call
on you to stand on the law of nations and humanity, and offer no
support or protection to Joseph Ratzinger or his accessories in their
efforts to evade responsibility for their proven crimes.

I look forward to your reply, and to discussing this with you more
when I visit your country in May with a human rights delegation to
investigate this matter more closely.

Sincerely,

Kevin D. Annett, M.A., M.Div.

Secretary, The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
Central Office, Brussels

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Source:-
http://itccs.org/2013/02/14/pope-benedict-to-seek-immunity-and-protection-from-italian-president-giorgio-napolitano-on-february-23/