A federal U.S. judge is asking the Vatican to cooperate in serving the Pope and two other top officials with court papers that stem from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a priest in Wisconsin.
The request is an incremental - and long shot - step in a lawsuit that accuses the officials of conspiring to keep the allegations against a Milwaukee priest quiet. The Vatican is not obliged to comply with the request.
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ha. ha. ha.
Nothing will come of this.
Unless it is more stalling, obfuscation, or outright lying.
Once again, Bob Dylan saw it coming.