In his 2010 book , '' The Case of the Pope '' , Robertson claims that Pope Benedict XVI is guilty of protecting pedophiles because the church swore the victims to secrecy and moved perpetrators in Catholic sex abuse cases to other positions where they had access to children while knowing the perpetrators were likely to reoffend . This , Robertson believes , constitutes the crime of assisting underage sex and when he was still Cardinal Ratzinger , the retired pope approved this policy up to November 2002 . In Robertson 's opinion , the Vatican is not a sovereign state and the pope is not immune to prosecution . Since Benedict XVI retired , Robertson stated in July 2013 : " The committee 's enquiries will inevitably lead it to conclude that the Vatican has broken multiple articles of the convention on a huge scale in many countries . The result in human suffering is incalculable . Francis 's papacy could well be defined by the world 's verdict on his response – more handwringing apologies or calls for a line to be drawn under the past will no longer wash . He will fail unless he initiates bold tangible actions , for example lifting the veil of secrecy that has protected so many clerical rapists , engaging secular authorities and offering rather than resisting appropriate compensation . " In '' An Inconvenient Genocide : Who Now Remembers the Armenians ? '' ( 2014 ) Robertson presents an argument based on fact , evidence and his knowledge of international law , claiming that the horrific events that occurred in 1915 do indeed constitute genocide
the horrific events that occurred in 1915
Armenian Genocide
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