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To: sinkspur; Siobhan

"... nor does a United States court have jurisdiction over the inner workings of the Catholic Church."

That's funny. Really. Wrong, but funny. If you can't afford to buy a clue Deacon, here's one for free - in the US, the Catholic Church operates via a corporate model, corporations are GOVERNED BY state (and sometimes federal) corporate law (as well as other civil and criminal codes). In almost every way, "the inner workings" are governed by US law and therefore, in almost every way, US Courts HAVE jurisdiction. That ones free. For the rest of your ludicrous claims, go buy help.


112 posted on 07/16/2004 5:52:59 AM PDT by narses (If you want ON or OFF my Catholic Ping List email me. +)
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To: narses
The "inner workings" of the Catholic Church involves Canon Law and Church Law, narses.

No US court has jurisdiction over how the Church treats its priests or due process within the Church.

114 posted on 07/16/2004 5:55:31 AM PDT by sinkspur (There's no problem on the inside of a kid that the outside of a dog can't cure.)
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To: narses; sinkspur

You make the Church to be a creature of US Law, when it was before it. The Catholic Church has existed here in what is now the US since 1513. It certainly doesn't operate at the mercy of US Law.


164 posted on 07/16/2004 7:51:28 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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