Knights Templar 'Heirs' Sue Pope For Billions

[Abbey Marie]

How fascinating. As I understand it, the templars really were persecuted by the Church.



Knights Templar 'Heirs' Sue Pope For Billions
Plinio Lepri

All Things Considered, August 17, 2008 · A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago.

They also want to restore the order's good name. Founded in 1119, the Knights Templar was a secretive order of Christian warriors who protected pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem during the Crusades. They fell out of favor years later, and members were accused of denying Christ, worshipping the devil and practicing sodomy. Many Templars were tortured and burned at the stake.

In 1307, Pope Clement V accused the order of heresy and officially dissolved it.
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93613600

[manu1959]

finally............

[retiredman]

so...abbey and manu...do you think that their case has any merit, after almost a millennium?

[Abbey Marie]

Sounds a lot like "reparations" to me. People who cannot really show direct harm, taking money much later from people who did not do any harm.

Manu probably knows more about it, though.

[Yurt]

statute of limitations?

[Trigg]

700 years later...........good god people are just stupid and greedy these days.

[manu1959]

Sounds a lot like "reparations" to me. People who cannot really show direct harm, taking money much later from people who did not do any harm.

Manu probably knows more about it, though.

hey now......

[Gaffer]

They have just as much of a reparations case as the negro's of this country.

[Trigg]

They have just as much of a reparations case as the negro's of this country.

At least the blacks in this country are starting earlier :coffee:

[Hobbit]

I'm afraid a group of Egyptian expatriates living in Switzerland hold the record, though. They want reparations for the Exodus.