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yellowcanine

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2. If the leaks were things written by the Pope & his secretary, how is it defamatory?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 07:57 AM

May 2012

The Pope and his secretary defamed the Vatican? I can agree that there was an invasion of privacy - the Pope has a reasonable expectation that his communications with his secretary should be private, but I don't follow the logic here.

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Vatican condemns ‘criminal’ leaks [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

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If the leaks were things written by the Pope & his secretary, how is it defamatory? yellowcanine May 2012 #2

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