It will also offer legal protection
from any attempt to prosecute him in connection with sexual abuse cases around the world.

Somehow, the guts of that place needs to be ripped out.
( @ AT, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 15:43, Reply)

Is the immunity only contained in Vatican City law, or international law?
Taliban law gave immunity to Osama.
(BertnotErnie b3ta each day stops you work, rest and play, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 15:54, Reply)

I reckon if someone gave me an apache helicopter I could take him out.

( magnum, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:11, Reply)

kickstarter? don't forget to add 5k for catering

( artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:19, Reply)

You wouldn't even have to enter the airspace
I think the apache's range is longer than the expanse of the Vatican state.
( Extinct Jesus Dossier ENDUT HOCH HECH, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:24, Reply)

Vatican City abides by International law
this allows it embassies and UN protection, trade and movement of people. However, the Vatican is also the Holy See, which have none of these things. Which is which depends on circumstances.
( TheSundaeLunch has a sharp bodkin, so watch it., Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:12, Reply)

This legal immunity thing may mean squat
I think it needs to be thoroughly legally tested.
(BertnotErnie b3ta each day stops you work, rest and play, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:17, Reply)

Perhaps you could sue the Catholic Church in your own country for being the organisation that is protecting a fugitive

(BertnotErnie b3ta each day stops you work, rest and play, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:20, Reply)

Nobody dares
the Vatican/Holy See has more money than Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece combined.
( TheSundaeLunch has a sharp bodkin, so watch it., Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:20, Reply)

isn't that all changing? hence him checking out now
i heard italian gov is changing laws, prolly due to eu bail out stuff but may well be wrong

*edit* jesus, that was incoherent. i meant transparency in tax affairs, etc., they've got money and property dotted about globally unaccounted for. prolly saving up for all the incoming lawsuits or some new choirboys or summat.
( artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:22, Reply)

To your edit
They own a huge amount of art and property. The Sistine chappel is valued at 1 Euro, for tax and insurance purposes. As is all the other art.
( TheSundaeLunch has a sharp bodkin, so watch it., Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:32, Reply)

really? I knew it was well-off but that sounds unlikely.
However I am not going to contest it. I have a rule: don't lose more than 2 testicles a day.
( feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:24, Reply)

My source is
Time magazine, who I tend to trust. But I have not seen the accounts of any personally.
( TheSundaeLunch has a sharp bodkin, so watch it., Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:29, Reply)

The Pope's on eBay, so we'll see what all his stuff is actually worth.
His eBay account is twinned with Katie Price's
(BertnotErnie b3ta each day stops you work, rest and play, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 17:45, Reply)

I've got a fiver in my back pocket
I have more money than greece
( Paul_P www.paul-powers.co.nr, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 16:26, Reply)

And more money than the British government, which is supposedly in negative equity

(BertnotErnie b3ta each day stops you work, rest and play, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 17:47, Reply)

sweet

( Paul_P www.paul-powers.co.nr, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:53, Reply)