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	The Release of Documents by the Vatican By Kristine Ward National Survivor Advocates Coalition August 18, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ We note with a sure, steady and strong salute of honor to the courage of a survivor, the announcement on the Vatican Radio website that the Vatican has released documents ordered by a United States court. The Vatican's attorney, Jeffrey Lena, speaking in a statement on behalf of his client, the Holy See, believes that the release of the documents will exonerate his client of knowledge of and responsibility for the abuse of survivor, John Doe, by Servite priest Andrew Ronan. This phrase is not to be missed in the Lena statement, "The Holy See is releasing all known documents relating to Ronan held by the Roman Curia." The survivor's attorney, Jeff Anderson, says in a statement that he has yet to receive the documents and notes that the documents made public on Vatican Radio's website are a partial release of the court ordered discovery documents. Anderson is expected to comment on the document release at a press conference on Monday. In the coming days there will be a pell mell tumbling out of news outlets, Internet blogs and serious legal journals both profound and profane reporting, analysis and commentary on this historic US court ordered release of documents and the Holy See's response. What the National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) believes should not be lost, minimized or in any way or manner put asunder is the indisputable nobility of the courage of the survivor, John Doe, in this purposeful pursuit of truth. It is, quite simply, what indeed will set us free. In this moment, it is important to mark this milestone knowing that the Holy See had until yesterday clamped and secured its documents firmly in its claim to sovereignty of state. Now, because of a survivor, Fortress Vatican has been cleaved. Where could it lead? Contact: KristineWard@hotmail.com
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