Lawsuit accuses Vatican Bank of role in World War II crimes.(William Dorich)

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | July 8, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: Ron Grossman

CHICAGO _ Like any new pope, Benedict XVI inherits some problems from his predecessor, among them sexual abuse scandals and a Catholic Church deeply divided between progressives and traditionalists.

Then there are William Dorich's accusations.

Dorich, a Los Angeles book publisher, is the force behind a class-action lawsuit against the Vatican Bank and the Franciscan Order.

Filed in a federal court in California, the suit alleges that immediately after World War II, the bank _ the financial arm of the Roman Catholic ...

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