[muawiyah]

The RCs in the United States are separately incorporated in each and every state (where there's at least one bishop).

The question of obedience and religious orders is separate and apart from corporate structures, ownership, liability, and all the other questions this Appeals Court decision seeks to bypass.

Just a bunch of judges trying to make it easy on themselves.

In the end the Vatican is an internationally recognized state.

[wmfights]

The RCs in the United States are separately incorporated in each and every state (where there's at least one bishop).

In the end the Vatican is an internationally recognized state.

I'm assuming that the Bishops are members of that internationally recognized state and are accountable to it. If so wouldn't that state be liable for their actions?