Legal immunity NOT relevant to this page The question of legal immunity does not arise as the Petrine Ministry is not the ordinary of dioceses wherein abuse has occurred not in local jurisdictions not in civil law The ordinary is the local bishop and his presbyters These are the persons who have legal accountability One does not prosecute the Queen head of state for crimes occurring in her dominions and territories one does not prosecute the Head of State or former head of state of the Vatican City for crimes which have occurred in other legal jurisdictions This RfC should have its own section and not be within a huge blob of text