Leader of Amnesty in Ireland says Pope arrest is a “distinct possibility”
A leading abuse survivor has suggested the Vatican had breached international law over the child sex abuse scandals.
Colm O’Gorman also said he believes it is “technically possible” for Pope Benedict to be arrested when he visits the UK later this year.
At the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts in Wales, Mr O’Gorman claimed the Vatican was implicated in grave crimes.
“There are moves on foot to start to look to international law, although I’m not quite sure how that may work out, to secure his (Pope Benedict) arrest,” he said.
“I do think that that arrest in a country where the rule of universal jurisdiction and international law is perhaps more robustly applied than others is a distinct possibility. It is technically possible – it may well happen.”
The British Humanist Association is a founding member of the Protest the Pope campaign which is organising events this year to protest the state visit.
I would pay good money to see that!