April 4, 2010 For Immediate Release

Vatican Bank Claims Plaintiffs

Alperin v. Vatican Bank
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Case No. 09-17761, 08-16060
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
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Holocaust Survivors Denounce Vatican on Easter

Attorneys Call for Mass Lawsuits against Pope by all Victims

San Francisco: Former Yugoslavia was a vast killing ground during the Second World
War – upwards to a million Orthodox Christians, Jews, and Roma were murdered by the
Nazis and their Croatian Allies. It has long been known that some of the loot including
gold from concentration camps ended up at the Vatican Bank deposited there by Catholic
clergy acting on behalf of war criminals.

Holocaust survivors are outraged that the Pope compares his role in the sexual abuse
cover up to that of Holocaust victims in a recent announcement made by the Pope's
personal preacher, Father Raniero Cantalamessa. “I am calling for all Holocaust and
sexual abuse survivors and related organization to sue the Pope on grounds of historical
defamation and conspiracy to cover up crimes,” states Jonathan Levy, an attorney for the
survivors suing the Vatican.

A lawsuit seeking truth and justice for the genocide of over 500,000 Serbs, Jews and
Roma by the Ustasha was filed in 1999 against the Vatican Bank and Franciscan Order of
Friars Minor. The plaintiffs include Holocaust survivors and their heirs in Serbia, the
United States, Ukraine, and Sweden.

The evidence collected in the past ten years points squarely at the Vatican Bank and
Franciscan Order and includes the sworn testimony of former US Army
counterintelligence agent William Gowen and declassified documents.

The Vatican has claimed it is immune from lawsuit regardless of its role in laundering the
profits of genocide. The US Courts have agreed so far with the Vatican and the case is
on appeal.

Jonathan Levy and Thomas Easton attorneys for the Plaintiffs vow to take the matter to
the US Supreme Court if necessary and to question the impartiality of those Supreme
Court Justices who identify themselves as Catholics.
“The hypocrisy of Pope Benedict and his advisors goes beyond any decency,” states Levy.
“First they cover up laundering Nazi loot and now sexual abuse of children. We must
flood the courts with complaints against the Vatican until the veil of immunity is lifted.”

Levy states he is actively working with other attorneys who will soon be filing fresh
lawsuits against the Vatican worldwide: “As a convert to Orthodox Christianity, it pains
me to announce this on Easter but the Vatican has forced my hand with its lies and
attempts to manipulate history. We are already in touch with organizations in England,
Serbia, Switzerland, Australia, Italy and elsewhere who have expressed an interest in
pursuing a universal effort to hold the Vatican accountable for its ongoing crimes.”

For more information contact:

Dr. Jonathan Levy

Attorney & Solicitor
+1-202-318-2406
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www.vaticanbankclaims.com

Vatican Bank plaintiffs include these organizations:

Jasenovac Research Institute

Republic of Serbian Krajina in Exile
The Independent Council of Gypsies in Serbia