Abuse Victims Ask Court To Prosecute the Vatican.

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      SEXUAL abuse victims; HUMAN rights; LAWYERS; INTERNATIONAL criminal courts; BENEDICT XVI, Pope, 1927-2022; CRIMES against humanity; CENTER for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)
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      NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State)
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      Human rights lawyers and victims of clergy sexual abuse filed a complaint on Tuesday urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity for what they described as abetting and covering up the rape and sexual assault of children by priests. The formal filing of nearly 80 pages by two American advocacy groups, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, was the most substantive effort yet to hold the pope and the Vatican accountable in an international court for sexual abuse by priests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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