UNITED STATES
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel June 13, 2013 1
The International Criminal Court at The Hague has declined to investigate Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and other Catholic leaders for the church’s handling of the sexual abuse of children, the advocacy group the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests announced on Thursday.
SNAP and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights accused the Vatican officials of crimes against humanity in a September 2011 complaint. It included three Wisconsin cases, including that of the late Father Lawrence Murphy, who is believed to have molested as many of 200 deaf boys, and the destruction of documents Dioceses of Milwaukee and Green Bay. SNAP’s Midwest director, Peter Isely of Shorewood, was among the victims and advocates who traveled to the Hague in the Netherlands to support the filing and lauch a 12-city tour of Europe to draw attention to the charges.
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