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The Prosecutor
The International Criminal Court
Dr. Luis Moreno Ocampo
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NL-2516 AB Den Haag
The Hague, The Netherlands

May 03, 2011

RE: Criminal Charges Against Joseph Ratzinger At The International Criminal

Court For Crimes Committed In The United States Of America

Dr. Luis Moreno Ocampo:

It is an honor to greet you on the best day of our lives.

We trust that you will move forward with the application submitted to you against Joseph
Ratzinger, known worldwide as “The Pope” for his evident involvement in covering up
millions of crimes against humanity over time.

On behalf of the Ministerio Internacional Creciendo en Gracia in Miami, Florida, I write to

you to express our 100% support of the accusations submitted to you against Joseph
Ratzinger by German lawyers Gert Hetzel and Christian Sailer. Since his position as
Cardinal, this man has been accomplice to protecting pedophiles worldwide.

We trust that you will oversee that justice is served as Ratzinger and the worldwide
business he leads known as the “Catholic Church” has been responsible for protecting
criminals who have abused millions of Americans.

Allow us to remind you that Joseph Ratzinger was appointed Prefect of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope John Paul II on November 25, 1981. He was the
“cardinal of enforcement” during the time that thousands of crimes were being committed
by catholic priests in the United States. We have conveniently outlined some of them for
you below to remind you that this “Cardinal of enforcement”, chose not to enforce justice
on the crimes taking place but rather ensured they were covered up via the Crimens
Sollicitiatonis secret law that he helped to implement worldwide to protect pedophiles.

We trust that you will see to it that justice is in fact served to prosecute the man
responsible for merely transferring sexual predators from one place to another, allowing
them to prey on innocent American people in other parishes before shifting them again and
again to silence the scandal.

PRIEST CRIMES IN THE UNITED STATES (PARTIAL LIST)

To understand the seriousness and depth of the harm committed unto Americans by the
Catholic organization and its leader Joseph Ratzinger, it is vital to highlight that only 10%
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of abuse victims actually speak out, and of these, less than 10% of these are actually taken
to court. With this fact in mind, the following cases presented, paint a clearer picture of the
crimes committed by these evil and perverse men who utilize the name of God to commit
evil acts and prey on the vulnerable.

Archdiocese of Anchorage
 In 2007, the Society of Jesus made a $50 million payout to over 100 Inuits  that
were sexually abused.
 In 2008, the Diocese of Fairbanks, a co-defendant in the case, filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy, claiming inability to pay the 140 plaintiffs filing claims against the
diocese for sexual abuse by priests or church workers during this period.
Archdiocese of Boston
 In 2004, the scandal of the sexual misconduct by priests of the Archdiocese of
Boston, revealed the cover-up by the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard
Francis Law, of thousands of sexual abuse cases. Ratzinger was, at the time, the
Prefect (as appointed by John Paul II) who had knowledge of these crimes
worldwide.

Archdiocese of Chicago
 Daniel McCormack, a self-confessed sexually abusive priest was sentenced to five
years in prison for abusing five boys (8–12 years) in 2001.
Diocese of Crookston
 Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was charged with molesting two teenage girls at a
Catholic church in Greenbush, Minnesota.. The abuse occurred in 2004, and charges
were filed in 2006 and amended in 2007. Without facing legal punishment, Jevapaul
returned to his home diocese in Ootacamund, India, where today he works in the
church’s diocesan office. A Roseau County, Minnesota attorney is seeking
to extradite the priest from India in a criminal case involving one of the girls. The
Archbishop of Madras, India (Madras is now called “Chennai”) has asked Jeyapaul to
return to the US to face the charges. Jevapaul has said that he will not fight
extradition if the US seeks it.
Archdiocese of Dubuque
 In 2006, the Archdiocese settled a number of claims of sexual abuse, and the
Archbishop offered a personal apology.
Diocese of Fall River
 Roman Catholic priest, James Porter, was convicted of molesting 28 children, and
admitted sexually abusing at least 100 of both sexes.
 Bishop Sean O'Malley settled 101 abuse claims.

Diocese of Honolulu
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 Reverend Mr. James "Ron" Gonsalves, Wailuku, Hawaii, Gonsalves the administrator
of Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church in Waihee, Maui, pleaded guilty on May 17,
2006 to several counts of sexual assaults.
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
 The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay out 60 million dollars to settle 45
lawsuits it still faces over 450 other pending cases.
Diocese of Memphis
 The Diocese of Memphis reached a $2 million settlement with a man who was
abused as a boy by Father Juan Carlos Duran, a priest with a history
of sexual misconduct with juveniles in St. Louis, Panama, and Bolivia.
Archdiocese of Miami
 Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs have paid $26.1 million
in settlement, legal, and counseling costs associated with sexual misconduct claims
made by minors involving priests, laity and religious brothers and sisters.
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
 A 2003 report on the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee revealed that accusations of sexually assaulting minors had been made
against 58 ordained men. By early 2009, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee had spent
approximately $26.5 million in attorney fees and settlements.
 A Wisconsin priest, the Rev. Lawrence C Murphy, who taught at the former St. John
School for the Deaf in the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis, Wisconsin from 1950 to
1974, molested more than 200 deaf boys. Several U.S. bishops warned the Vatican
that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church. Ratzinger did nothing .
Murphy was moved by then Milwaukee Archbishop William E Cousins to Superior,
Wisconsin, a small city near Lake Superior, where he spent his final 24 years
working with children in parishes, schools and a juvenile detention center. He died
in 1998. As of March 2010, there were four outstanding lawsuits against the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the case.
Diocese of Oakland
 In 1981, the former Rev. Stephen Kiesle was convicted for tying up and molesting
two boys in a California church rectory. From 1981 to 1985, Bishop John Stephen
Cummins, who oversaw Kiesle, contacted the Vatican about defrocking him. Then-
cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, responded by letter that
the case needed more time, as it was "necessary to consider the good of the
Universal Church" and "the detriment that granting the dispensation" could provoke
among the faithful. The letter was widely regarded as evidence of Ratzinger's role in
blocking the removal of pedophile priests.

Diocese of Orange, California

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 On January 3, 2005 Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange apologized to 87
victims of sexual abuse and announced a settlement of $100 million following two
years of mediation.
Diocese of Peoria
 Coadjutor Bishop John J. Myers of Peoria was among the two-thirds of sitting
bishops and acting diocese administrators that the Dallas Morning News found had
allowed priests accused of sexual abuse to continue working.
 In 2005, Rev. Francis Engels pleaded guilty to molesting a Peoria altar boy on trips
to Milwaukee.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
 According to a 2005 investigation, while serving as assistant vicar for
administration in 1996, Bishop Cistone was involved with silencing a nun who tried
to alert parishioners at St. Gabriel parish about abuse by a priest. According to the
report, there were several other instances of priest sexual abuse that Cistone was
complicit in covering up. In February 2011, Monsignor William Lynn, former
secretary of the clergy for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, was charged with child
endangerment. Lynn was found by a grand jury to have placed pedophiles in posts
involving contact with children, which led directly to the sexual assault of two boys.
Three priests and one teacher face rape charges.
Diocese of Phoenix
 On November 21, 2005, Monsignor Dale Fushek of the Diocese of Phoenix was
arrested and charged with 10 criminal misdemeanor counts related to
inappropriate sexual contact with teens and young adults.
Archdiocese of Portland
 Conveniently, the Archdiocese of Portland filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on
July 6, 2004, hours before two abuse trials were set to begin. 
Archdiocese of San Antonio
 John Salazar was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 18-year-old
parishioner.
Diocese of San Diego
 On February 27, 2007, the Diocese of San Diego conveniently and interestingly
enough filed for Chapter 11 protection, hours before the first of about 150 lawsuits
was due to be heard.
Diocese of Savannah
 In October, 2009, the diocese of Savannah paid $4.24 million to settle a lawsuit
whereby Lessard allowed priest named Wayland Brown to work in the diocese
when Lessard knew that Brown was a serial child molester who posed a danger to
children.
Diocese of Spokane
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 Under Bishop William S. Skylstad the Diocese of Spokane declared bankruptcy in
December 2004. As part of its bankruptcy, the diocese has agreed to pay at least $48
million as compensation. This payout has to be agreed to by the victims and a judge
before it will be made. According to federal bankruptcy judge, Gregg W. Zive, money
for the settlement would come from insurance companies, the sale of church
property, contributions from Catholic groups and from the diocese's parishes.
Diocese of Stockton
 Fr. Oliver O'Grady molested over 25 children in Stockton. The
2006 documentary Deliver Us From Evil documents that Bishop Roger Mahony knew
that Oliver O'Grady was an active pedophile.
 The Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy in September, 2004. It reached an
agreement with plaintiffs, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005,
specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in
return for a $22.2 million settlement.
The act of committing a crime against even one child is enough to incriminate any man –
regardless of his position. We trust that you will do the right thing on behalf of the victims
stated in this letter and the thousands more who did not survive, or whose trauma caused
by these crimes have obstructed them from getting the courage to speak out.

We remind you that Pope Benedict XVI, in response to the aforementioned US abuse case
responded via a letter stating that: “the case needed more time, as it was necessary to
consider the good of the Universal Church and the detriment that granting the dispensation
could provoke among the faithful”. What would be good for the real Church is to proceed
with honesty and justice. What would be truly detrimental to society is to continue to allow
a criminal walk free.

Mariano Mercado
Ministerio Internacional Creciendo en Gracia
mariano@creciendoengracia.com