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Catholic News Agency
Berkeley, Calif., Feb 13, 2012 / 07:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The withdrawal of a sex abuse lawsuit against the Holy See which tarnished the reputation of Pope Benedict XVI and added to a worldwide media controversy in Lent of 2010 shows the case had no legal merit, the Holy See’s U.S. lawyer Jeffrey Lena says.
“They withdrew because they knew that they would lose the case if they continued to pursue it. They did not want a negative ruling from the court,” Lena told CNA on Feb. 13.
He charged that the lawsuit’s initial prominence was an example of “the use of the judicial system to generate a media event.”
“In my view, the victim was used to promote a legally unsustainable attack on the Holy See,” Lena remarked.
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