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An American Association of victims of pedophile priests said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Pope Benedict XVII and other leaders of the Catholic Church for crimes against humanity.

SNAP leaders of the association, guided by the lawyers of the American NGO "Center for Constitutional Rights," filed a lawsuit to be tried by the Pope "and higher direct responsibility for crimes against humanity for rape and other sexual violence committed across the world ".

The organization accuses the head of the Catholic Church "has systematically hidden and tolerated sexual crimes against children around the world." The complaint added 10,000 pages of documentation of cases of pedophilia.

The SNAP has members in the United States, Germany, Holland and Belgium, countries heavily affected by four major pedophilia scandal involving the church.

"Crimes against tens of thousands of victims, mostly children, were hidden by the leaders at the highest levels of the Vatican. In this case, all roads lead to Rome," said the lawyer Pamela Spees.

The bishops and, in some cases, even the Vatican has rejected or ignored many of the complaints of victims of pedophile priests.

The scandal discredited the Church in several countries in Europe.

Pope Benedict XVI expressed his shame and apologized, calling for zero tolerance against pedophiles. He also asked the bishops of the world, who have primary responsibility for their priests, full cooperation with the criminal courts.

SNAP does not believe that the desire for transparency and justice, not moderated his accusations.

Source - https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/20/2095325_-os-us-vatican-abused-by-priests-submit-pope-to.html