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Churches as legal sanctuaries -- I need info!
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11-13-2004, 10:57 PM
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It's a vestage from a time when the Roman Catholic church viewed itself as a political entity, like a nation. It viewed all of its properties as being embassies of the holy see, and therefore places where one could plead asylum.
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