Pope immune from abuse lawsuit?

Pope immune from abuse lawsuit: "Pope immune from abuse lawsuit
20/09/2005 13:44 - (SA)

Rome - The United States government has told a Texas court that Pope Benedict XVI should be given immunity from a lawsuit accusing him of conspiring to cover up the sexual molestation of three boys by a seminarian, court documents show.

Assistant attorney general Peter Keisler said in Monday's filing that, as pope, Benedict enjoys immunity as the head of a state - the Vatican. He said allowing the lawsuit to proceed would be 'incompatible with the United States' foreign policy interests'."