The claim was filed on July 11 in the International Common Law Court of Justice in Brussels and in the civil court of an undisclosed European nation. Subpoenas were issued the same day to Pope Francis and eleven other men, all of whom are named as defendants in the lawsuit and as active members and participants in “a centuries-old Catholic child sacrificial cult known as the Ninth Circle”.
The defendants are also named as co-conspirators in the disappearance of eight children from Catholic facilities in Switzerland, Belgium and Italy.
Besides Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio, the named defendants in the lawsuit are:
- Elio di Rupo, former Prime Minister of Belgium
- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State
- Cardinal Sean Brady, former head Catholic prelate of Ireland
- Count Georges Jacobs, Belgian Catholic businessman, head of UCB Biopharmaceuticals and Director of the Cercle Lorraine or “Club van Lotharingen” , Brussels
- Count Luc Jacques Bertrand, Belgian Jesuit banker, Director of the Cercle Lorraine
- Paul De Keersmaeker, Belgian Catholic businessman, former European Union Parliamentarian, member of the Cercle Lorraine
- Kees van Korlaar, Criminal underworld member of “Ndrangheta”, Belgian businessman, member of the Cercle Lorraine
- Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Prelate of Dublin diocese
- Bishop Charles Morerod, Catholic Prelate of Geneva
- Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary, World Council of Churches
- Bishop Mark MacDonald, Prelate, Anglican Church in Canada and North American Executive Officer of the World Council of Churches