New Alliance is Forged in Italy to Stop Child Rape and Trafficking -
Joint Campaign to Commence in Rome on September 20
Savona, Italy
At an historic press
conference yesterday, two groups fighting to end church terror against
children formally joined forces and announced the launching of a public
campaign commencing in Rome on September 20.
Francesco Zanardi of
Rete L'Abuso and Kevin Annett of The International Tribunal into Crimes
of Church and State (ITCCS) disclosed their joint campaign to Italian
reporters and activists at a morning press conference in the northern
Italian city of Savona.
"We want to not only
prosecute the priests who rape childen but change the laws that let them
get away with it" explained Francesco Zanardi, to thunderous applause.
Zanardi is himself a
survivor of serial rape during the 1980's by a Catholic priest namd
Nello Giraudo, who was protected and aided by Cardinal Domenico
Calcagno.
Calcagno is now a prominent official in the Vatican Bank and helped elect the present Pope Francis.
"The Lateran Treaty obligates Italy to help the Vatican commit crime. That Treaty has to go" said Zanardi.
On behalf of the ITCCS,
Kevin Annett also spoke at the press conference, and pledged the
Tribunal's "total support" to Zanardi and Rete L'Abuso.
Annett presented an
authorized letter to Zanardi from the Central Office of the ITCCS that
formally affiliated the Tribunal with the Italian group and guaranteed
"direct action" throughout Italy in September.
"The Italian government
helps a convicted criminal like (former Pope) Joseph Ratzinger evade
arrest inside the Vatican, while persecuting a brave and honest man like
Francesco Zanardi" said Annett.
"We've written to
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and demanded that he abide by
international law and extradite Ratzinger from the Vatican to face
justice for helping traffic children to priestly rapists".
In a bilingual statement released to the media (see link below),
the ITCCS stated that unless the Italian government begins steps to
extradite Ratzinger and revoke the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican,
civil disobedience actions will begin in Italian catholic churches and
four cities on September 20, and will be accompanied by an internationl
boycott campaign against Italian goods, trade and tourism.
Citizen groups in Savona, Genoa, Reggio Emilia and Rome have agreed to participate in these actions.
Kevin Annett will
return to Italy in mid September to help inaugurate the campaign with
Francesco Zanardi and local activists at special events in Rome and
Savona on September 20.
See www.itccs.org for more updates and information, and write to this email to contact Francesco Zanardi and Rete L'Abuso.
http://www.vaticancrimes.us/
3:11 PM
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