-Caveat Lector- News for Immediate Release October 12, 2000 Jonathan Levy & Thomas Dewey Easton, Attorneys Jonathan Levy (513) 528-0586 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vaticanbankclaims.com Lawsuit Asks Who Owns the Vatican Bank? Vatican refuses to say. A lawsuit, Alperin v. Vatican Bank, filed in November 1999 by Serb, Jewish, and Ukrainian Holocaust survivors against the Vatican Bank seeking return of Nazi loot from wartime Yugoslavia has run into an apparent wall of silence. Tom Easton and Jonathan Levy, who represent the 28 plaintiffs suing the Vatican Bank have asked a Federal Magistrate in San Francisco to order the Vatican Bank to divulge information about itself including its ownership. Easton and Levy have stated that a veil of secrecy surrounds the operation of the Vatican Bank also known as the Institute for Religious Works. The plaintiffs’ attorneys say that literature suggests the reigning Pope in his personal capacity owns the Vatican Bank. According to Jonathan Levy, the question of ownership of the Vatican Bank is the threshold issue in the case, "There may be certain defenses available to the bank if it is owned by the Vatican City state but if it is owned by an individual or individuals the situation is completely different." The Vatican Bank however has refused to provide information about its ownership claiming in legal papers filed yesterday in San Francisco that plaintiffs’ request is burdensome, premature, and in the public domain. The plaintiffs’ attorneys and expert witnesses however claim information about the Vatican Bank’s ownership is a closely guarded secret. "If the information is out there, and so easily accessible, why don’t they just produce it?" counters Easton and Levy, "We’ve researched this issue for over year and have yet to find a definitive answer. We would like to know just who we are dealing with here." The concentration camp survivors bringing the lawsuit, some of whom are in their eighties, hope the answers to the Vatican Bank’s ownership are forthcoming soon so the lawsuit may proceed. For more information contact: Jonathan Levy Tel. 513-528-086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vaticanbankclaims.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
