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British activists are seeking to try the pope because of scandal, violations of children


Vatican accused the media of a campaign to tarnish the image of Pope
Seek the world famous British, Richard Dawkins, an injunction for the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI, during his upcoming visit to Britain because of the abuse scandal the Catholic Church against children, as lawyers said Dawkins.

Dawkins and joined in his quest of the British journalist Christopher Hitchens, and charged with two lawyers, Geoffrey Robertson, Mark Stevens, to examine the legal means to take legal action against the pope.

The official news agency Roterz that Dawkins, a fierce critic of religion, he asked the lawyer, human rights groups study the possibility of charges to the pope, adding that he doubted that the violations perpetrated against children by members of the Church has been covered.

Pope will visit to Britain on 16 September and for the next four days is the first papal visit to Britain since the visit of John Paul II in 1982 to Britain.

Denial

The Catholic Church has rejected allegations that the pope helped to cover up the violations committed by clerics belong to the church.

The allegations have been raised on the responsibility of the pope to postpone taking punitive action against an American priest involved sexual exploitation of children, which was denied by the Vatican.

He accused the Vatican and the media of waging a "smear campaign" against the Pope.

In an email to Reuters news agency said the lawyer Stevens said Hnakk three directions is possible to make a complaint to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands or a trial in secret or open charges of committing "crimes against humanity" or a civil suit.

Critics have accused Pope Benedict of neglect in dealing with cases of violations during the previous positions taken up, such as the position of Cardinal in his homeland, Germany and Rome.
bbc.com

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