Man who sued Pope

This is a fascinating article that recently appeared in the Houston Press.  It's quite obvious to me that the Catholic Church should be brought up on RICO charges, but it looks like the US won't have the guts to pursue it.  Thanks for the heads-up, D.

The Man Who Sued the Pope



Houston's Daniel Shea thinks Joseph Ratzinger has a lot to answer for if he'd talk.

By John Nova Lomax

Five years ago, Houston attorney/theologian Daniel Shea watched the results of the papal conclave at home. Intellectually, he knew what the dirty-gray smoke puffing out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney signaled: that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger would soon be announced as the new Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

 
Now, as the white-haired Pope battles a seemingly endless series of priestly sex scandals, Shea says he is still trying to get his head around his belief that he and his co-counsel Tahira Khan Merritt set the coronation in motion when they filed a Houston-based sex abuse lawsuit against Ratzinger.

According to Shea, the cardinals elected Ratzinger Pope to give him the immunity that would enable him to avoid answering any questions concerning his knowledge about and handling of sex abuse cases in Houston's St. Francis De Sales church in the mid-1990s.

In fact, Shea believes that what he started with the lawsuit may eventually result in the destruction of the entire Roman Catholic Church.

Ah, something to be devoutly wished for!

It's a long read, but worth it.  Click here.