Saturday, December 11, 2010

Cables show Ireland irked Vatican on sovereignty (AP)

CHANGES RELEASE SATURDAY TO PUBLISHED SATURDAY  FILE - An  aerial view of the Vatican with St. Peter's Basilica is seen in this 2003 file photo made available Friday Feb. 4, 2005. Newly released, confidential U.S. diplomatic cables published Saturday Dec. 11, 2010 indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the investigation of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri - File)AP - Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that the Vatican felt "offended" that Ireland failed to respect Holy See "sovereignty" by asking high-ranking churchmen to answer questions from an Irish commission probing decades of sex abuse of minors by clergy.


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