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    Vatican pair removed in homosexual prostitution inquiry

    BBC - Vatican pair removed in homosexual prostitution inquiry


    Irish Times - Papal aide linked to Vatican gay prostitution ring

    Didn't see a thread on this already ? Incredible but definitely not unbelievable story. Right at RCC HQ itself. Are RTE bothering with this one or are they indulging in the usual censorship ?

    What is it with sex and the RCC ?

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    'City of Males In Frocks In Gay Sex Scandal'...Dear o dear.

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    Perhaps because neither were priests. Thats probably why the lack of attention to the story. Two men working, voluntarily, in the vatican. One in the choir and the other in a kind of "major domo" role. Sure if you have an orginisation of a couple of thousand you are bound to find such things occationally. The Commandant of the Swiss Guard committed suicide several years ago after killing both his wife and her young, Swiss Guard, lover. These things happen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by corelli View Post
    Perhaps because neither were priests. Thats probably why the lack of attention to the story. Two men working, voluntarily, in the vatican. One in the choir and the other in a kind of "major domo" role. Sure if you have an orginisation of a couple of thousand you are bound to find such things occationally. The Commandant of the Swiss Guard committed suicide several years ago after killing both his wife and her young, Swiss Guard, lover. These things happen.
    Are you saying that Vatican is corrupt in terms of morality?

    They are more like a business organisation these days whose only interest is money and pomp. More like a feminist society as regards to kissing of a ring !!!

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    I'm sure the Pope can have his private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gänswein, look into the matter. Monsignor Gänswein is actually quite popular in Italia. He is known there as “Bel Giorgio” meaning beautiful George. Paparazzi take pictures of him while he is playing tennis, skiing, and flying airplanes. He is Pope Benedict's personal secretary. He is basically responsible for the Pope's life: he decides who He sees, he keeps His schedule, he hands Him his reading glasses and miter, and he even fixes His crucifix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hillmanhunter1 View Post
    I'm sure the Pope can have his private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gänswein, look into the matter. Monsignor Gänswein is actually quite popular in Italia. He is known there as “Bel Giorgio” meaning beautiful George. Paparazzi take pictures of him while he is playing tennis, skiing, and flying airplanes. He is Pope Benedict's personal secretary. He is basically responsible for the Pope's life: he decides who He sees, he keeps His schedule, he hands Him his reading glasses and miter, and he even fixes His crucifix.

    Georg Gänswein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



    OOOH! Fixes His crucifix does hE?, OOOH You naughty boy

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    Quote Originally Posted by corelli View Post
    Sure if you have an orginisation of a couple of thousand you are bound to find such things occationally.
    What ? This organisation is the one that masquerades as a religious cult which specialises in preying on the vulnerable. This is happening at their corporate/political headquarters. Meanwhile back here in Ireland the followers of the RCC in Wexford are being asked to cough up funds to cover legal costs in abuse cases. This entity is corrupt right to the core.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hillmanhunter1 View Post
    I'm sure the Pope can have his private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gänswein, look into the matter. Monsignor Gänswein is actually quite popular in Italia. He is known there as “Bel Giorgio” meaning beautiful George. Paparazzi take pictures of him while he is playing tennis, skiing, and flying airplanes. He is Pope Benedict's personal secretary. He is basically responsible for the Pope's life: he decides who He sees, he keeps His schedule, he hands Him his reading glasses and miter, and he even fixes His crucifix.

    Georg Gänswein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Pope's have a long tradition of admiring male beauty. Paul VI had quite a retinue

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    the Guardian's choice of stock photo for this story was ... choice !

    [SIZE="6"]Vatican hit by gay sex scandal[/SIZE]
    Vatican chorister sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for papal gentleman-in-waiting

    John Hooper in Rome
    guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 March 2010 19.59 GMT
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    Pope Benedict XVI greets cardinals in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Photograph: Max Rossi/AFP/Getty Images

    The Vatican was today rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict's household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.

    Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, was caught
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    The clergy seem remarkably well informed. And well connected. I mean, as an ordinary Joe, I really struggle to find a homosexual prostitution ring whenever I need one. One rule for the rich and powerful, another for us normal folk. Sod's law I guess.

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