By PATSY MCGARRY - IRISH TIMES
Added: Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 6:34 PM

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TWO GERMAN lawyers have initiated charges against Pope Benedict XVI at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity.

Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, based at Marktheidenfeld in the Pope's home state of Bavaria, last week submitted a 16,500-word document to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague, Dr Luis Moreno Ocampo.

Their charges concern "three worldwide crimes which until now have not been denounced . . . (as) the traditional reverence toward 'ecclesiastical authority' has clouded the sense of right and wrong".

They claim the Pope "is responsible for the preservation and leadership of a worldwide totalitarian regime of coercion which subjugates its members with terrifying and health-endangering threats".

They allege he is also responsible for "the adherence to a fatal forbiddance of the use of condoms, even when the danger of HIV-Aids infection exists" and for "the establishment and maintenance of a worldwide system of cover-up of the sexual crimes committed by Catholic priests and their preferential treatment, which aids and abets ever new crimes".

They claim the Catholic Church "acquires its members through a compulsory act, namely, through the baptism of infants that do not yet have a will of their own". This act was "irrevocable" and is buttressed by threats of excommunication and the fires of hell.

As a German citizen I find it very appropriate that German lawyers try to sue the German Pope. This Pope is as dangerous as was Hitler! He is not only guilty of Millions of Dead Africans and the destroyed lives of thousands of sexually abused children... ...this Pope began a secret crusade against liberty, democracy and human rights. Of course he knows that he himself won´t see his victory, but he has enough power to change the structure of the vatican, so that coming Popes will continue his fight for ignorance, fear and a new medieval society! - Opus Dei, the Pius Brothers, Bishop Williamson, the Legion of Christ and other fascist-like organisations have seized power in Rome!

More than once Ratzinger has openly spoken about his disgust of human rights- he knows only "one" human right: the religious freedom to choose his catholic religion andstay on one´s knees to worship hin barbarous god! He still believes that the catholic church and its´ pope have the ultimate right to tell what is good and evil, and even more has the ultimate right to decide about any human affair and live!!!! Though I´ve never been a catholic, I´m ashamed as a German that once again such ignorance and evilness comes out of Germany. Ratzinger is not a senile old man - he knows exactly what he does and why! He is an enemy of humanity and humanism! Of course there will be no "case" Benedikt - but I can only say: be alert - Benedikt is on a crusade against the modern world, against democracy and freedom. He is able - as was Hitler - to negotiate with his adverseries: he will come to terms with the American Evangelicals and even Islam - because their aims are the same! Ratzinger is the most dangerous man in Europe since Hitler and Stalin! And even more dangerous because more cunning!