The Vatican not only is the headquarters for the Catholic Church, it also happens to be a sovereign nation—all that was left of papal property after Italian unification.
If the International Court of the Hague summoned the President and other American officials for a hearing, does anyone here really think they should go? Even if it was a legitimate case?
Well, this is the same thing. A Socialist, anti-Catholic Irish government does not have the right to “summon” the citizens of another country to a hearing.
There WERE abuses that took place in Ireland, and the Irish courts can perfectly well investigate and prosecute those responsible, without this kind of illegitimate grandstanding.
It’s odd that Greece suffers a reputation of homo sex more than Italy. The Romans had no regard for the female form in their art, while the Greeks venerated women in their art. I believe Romans bequeathed their man-love to the Catholic church.