-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Levy Sent: Fri 12/29/2000 9:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: VATICAN ATTACKS CALIFORNIA HOLOCAUST LAW AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL News for Immediate Release December 29, 2000 Easton & Levy, Attorneys Jonathan Levy (513) 528-0586 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vaticanbankclaims.com VATICAN ATTACKS CALIFORNIA HOLOCAUST LAW AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL The Vatican Bank which purports to be part of the Vatican and has been caught up in Holocaust era restitution lawsuits in California federal courts since November 1999, is attempting to have a California law designed to help elderly Holocaust achieve resolution of Nazi slave labor claims within their lifetimes declared unconstitutional. The law permits victims of World War II slave labor camps to file claims in California courts until year 2010. The Vatican Bank argues all the Holocaust slave labor claims should be dismissed as untimely. A lawsuit, Alperin v. Vatican Bank, filed in November 1999 by Serb, Jewish, and Ukrainian Holocaust survivors against the Vatican Bank seeks return of Nazi loot stolen from wartime Yugoslavia which included the profits of slave labor. According to a 1998 US State Department report, the money known as the Ustasha Treasury, is thought to have been concealed in the Vatican and used in part to fund the escape of Nazi war criminals to South America. The Vatican Bank is based in Vatican City and conducts worldwide banking operations. Its Board includes Cardinal Maida of Detroit and the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Sodano, one of the highest-ranking members of the Cardinals' College. According to one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, Jonathan Levy, "I find the conduct of the Vatican incomprehensible. On the one hand the Pope preaches forgiveness while his Cardinals and Bank seek to overturn a law that helps thousands of elderly survivors in all sorts of claims, not just the ones against the Vatican Bank. One wonders who is in charge at the Holy See?" The lawsuits in California against the Vatican Bank seek an accounting to determine the status of the disputed funds and then restitution if needed. Federal Judge Maxine M. Chesney has ordered the Vatican Bank's attorney to officially notify the California Attorney General of the challenge to the constitutionality of Code of Civil Procedure section 354.6 by January 6, 2001. 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
