The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse

Robertson demolishes, one-by-one, the defences the Vatican have used to excuse themselves from the charges of abetting child-rape over the years with controlled and pin-pointed anger throughout. Although there are legal questions raised and answered throughout it never becomes too complex to follow and as a whole constructs a thorough run through of the scandal, dealing with it in detail from 2002 onwards. The level of the crimes, and of their cover-ups, are staggering in their almost Kafkaesque awfulness to the point that Robertson’s wry humour creeps in as the only way left to respond to the pure lunacy of the catholic church.
At its heart, this report shows what can happen when worldly and ecumenical powers collide and muddy each show more other. A problem that is as old as religion itself. Maybe it is a good sign that this type of corruption is no longer being ignored and that no authority is now above question and the law. Enough is finally enough. show less

With forensic skill Geoffrey Robertson builds a case against the Vatican for its apparent callous disregard of the thousands of children who have been sexually molested by Catholic clergy. This is a terrible story about temporal ambition and the breathtaking hypocrisy of those who rule the church.

One-sided but withering attack on the Vatican's failure to cooperate with agencies to address the scandal of child Abuse. A critique of Ratzinger's personal responsibility and some proposed solutions for the RC Church and the victims.