In Vatican lawsuits, who’s really the little guy? [John Allen]

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Over the last decade, the Vatican has been hit with at least ten lawsuits in American courts, on matters ranging from an insurance scam to the sexual abuse crisis. Off and on I’ve written about these cases, and I’ve always been curious about one odd feature of the story: How is it that the Vatican’s legal brain trust in the States ended up concentrated in the notoriously left-leaning, anti-establishment haven of Berkeley, California?

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Interesting argument. However, the courts in the US have not been as active as some others in recognizing universal jurisdiction, such as Spain. We’ll see.
 
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