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Kim Davis’ lawyers dispute Vatican’s ‘false’ account of pope meeting
The law firm representing Kim Davis are disputing the Vatican’s ‘false’ account of her meeting with the pope.
The Kentucky clerk – who was jailed for repeatedly refusing to issue gay marriage licenses – met Pope Francis on his recent trip to the US, during which he reportedly told her to ‘stay strong.’
After a backlash, the Vatican downplayed the meeting as a ‘brief greeting’ that ‘should not be considered a form of support.’
But Liberty Counsel are challenging the Vatican’s version of events.
‘The meeting with Kim Davis was initiated by the Vatican, and the private meeting occurred at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, DC, on Thursday, 24 September,’ it said in a statement.
‘This meeting was a private meeting without any other members of the public present.
‘That statement by Reuters citing a “senior Vatican official, who declined to be named,” is false.’
Pope Francis and #KimDavis t.co/q2OIeF5qs7 pic.twitter.com/ZmE0KIQ7UR
— Liberty Counsel (@libertycounsel) October 2, 2015
The anti-gay group reiterated: ‘There was no line of people before, near, or around Kim Davis. Had Kim Davis been in a line of people or been seen by anyone outside of Vatican personnel, we would not have been able to keep her visit secret.’
The Holy See press office issued the following statement on the meeting last week:
‘Pope Francis met with several dozen persons who had been invited by the Nunciature to greet him as he prepared to leave Washington for New York City. In order to contribute to an objective understanding of what transpired I am able to clarify the following points:
‘Such brief greetings occur on all papal visits and are due to the Pope’s characteristic kindness and availability. The only real audience granted by the Pope at the Nunciature was with one of his former students and his family.
‘The Pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.’
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Darren Wee
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