New Sex Scandal Rocks Vatican

[malaise]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/06/earlyshow/saturday/main6272743.shtml
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The Vatican is facing allegations that one of Pope Benedict's ceremonial ushers, as well as a member of the Vatican choir, were involved in a gay prostitution ring.

"The latest shadow on the church's image," reports CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth, "comes from leaked police reports (on) wiretaps in a separate corruption case. The Vatican wasn't a target, but it's taken a hit."

The recordings, according to Italian press, reveal Angelo Balducci, an Italian executive who's been a Gentleman of his Holiness -- the elite group of black-suited men who serve the pope in unpaid roles as ushers -- negotiating with the 29-year-olf Nigerian Vatican choir member for the services of male prostitutes, as part of the larger prostitution ring.

Balducci is under arrest.

The Vatican reportedly has cut ties to both men but, notes Roth, "bad publicity over sex and sexual abuse charges still confronts the church.

[MineralMan]

1. How unsurprising...

[malaise]

2. Isn't that the truth

:D

[SpiralHawk]

22. "The competition is, um, hot and heavy." - Jeff Gannon (R)

"I mean, I did have the Franchise for the Bush-Republicon White House, but the pickings are just not as vast or as, um, sancta-moan-ious and stuff as at the Vat-ican. Sheesh."

- Jeff Gannon (R - Official Bush White House Republicon Male Prostitute)

[dchill]

3. I'm sooooo Claude Rains about this.

;)

[Garbo 2004]

18. LOL. "shocked, shocked" eh? Love that scene. & ditto. nt

[Champion Jack]

4. .

[cliffordu]

8. BWAhahah aahHHAHAH AHhahahahah

It ain't funny at all.

But THAT really is.......

[malaise]

10. The graphic is a DUzy

The reality is truly sad

[Garbo 2004]

19. Oh that's just wrong.....

:spray:

:spank:

[SpiralHawk]

25. Sunday morning

The Faithful will gather...

The Church 'Fathers' will, um, who knows...

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Well - at least this scandal involves consenting adults.

[Ecumenist]

7. Yeah, I agree about with you about that but the incredible hypocrisy

is breathtaking. SMDH

[Maru Kitteh]

9. It is. Finally, the Vatican has a scandal I can laugh about. No injured children.

The Vatican just got caught in a seedy motel room with it's shoes off and it's thing stuck in it's fly.

[rucky]

13. Prostitution rings?

I wouldn't be too sure about consent in an organized operation like that.

[Ecumenist]

6. How much more will come to light about the hypocrisy & incredibly

disgusting self hatred will assail the Catholic Church? All the judgements and restrictions they put on the most vulnerable and yet, every time I turn around, I learn something else sick, which not only tarnishes the Catholic church but greater Christendom.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. The RC makes it clear that they are quite apart from "greater Christendom"

I don't think anyone confuses the circus that is Rome for what happens at the local UMC.

[Radical Activist]

12. Does the catholic church really have an image to protect?

Only the blind faithful could think so. What kind of reputation does a church have after sanctioning the slave trade, harboring nazi gold, and protecting boy-fuckers?

[virgogal]

14. Funny stuff!

[RainDog]

15. fucking asshole hypocrites!!!!!!!!!

jesus I hate these patriarchal assholes.

[Dramarama]

16. Catholicismophobia

[TexasObserver]

17. What could go wrong with having a former Nazi as the Pope?

If they had been caught with young boys, they'd be rehabbing at Club Ped.

[More_liberal_than_mo]

20. Years ago before the last Pope died

I was sent to Rome to negotiate with one of the highest ranking Cardinals for rights to use one of the Vatican building’s rooftop as a vantage point for our network’s coverage of the Pope’s death when it occurred. This was 7 years before he actually died. The Cardinal who was notoriously corrupt was letting it be known that it would cost a lot of money to reserve the rights to use the facilities and he was accepting bids from many different media networks for the privilege. One of our fixers in Rome had a cousin who was a male prostitute and he had told us that this Cardinal was one of his best clients. We asked the fixer to do the asking for us and we got the contract. Let me be clear that there was no blackmail involved just the good will of the prostitute and his good relations with the Cardinal that got us the contract.

The Church preaches against homosexuality but looks the other way when their own are involved.

[KittyWampus]

23. that is one heck of a story. I believe it. Sounds like a movie plot!

[SpiralHawk]

21. Republicon Family Values at the Vatican

The world is unsurprised.

Sheesh...

[UTUSN]

24. Ratz has his "Gorgeous George." Father Alberto left the RC church to marry as an Episcopal priest

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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728239,00.html

The Heartthrob from the Vatican

By Jeff Israely/Rome

When Pope Benedict XVI touches down for his first papal visit in the United States next week, you may notice that he doesn't have the same onstage flair as his predecessor, John Paul II. But you may also begin to notice a very handsome man of the cloth never far from the pontiff's side. That would be Monsignor Georg Gänswein, the Pope's personal secretary, responsible for everything from deciding who gets to see Benedict, to keeping His Holiness on schedule, to discreetly handing him his papal reading glasses just before a homily or other public discourse. While he is the paradigm of discretion, others have taken liberties with his image. Fashion designer Donatella Versace said her Spring 2007 collection was inspired by Gänswein, confessing: "I was thinking of an austere, severe and ethical man. I find Father Georg's austerity very elegant."

Italians have taken notice of Gänswein, and nicknamed him "Bel Giorgio," which Americans might translate as: Gorgeous George. Paparazzi have snapped photos of him playing tennis in his tennis whites, while the Roman and Bavarian press eagerly report his bravura on the ski slopes and appearances at evening Church functions. Nevertheless, despite the glamour imposed on him by the celebrity press, the tall, athletic and dirty-blond Monsignor in his clerical black, concentrates on his pivotal but quiet job choreographing papal appearances. And that is how Americans will see him, in a supporting role buoyed by his scene-stealing good looks. ....



http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/pope-benedict-issues-formal-vatican-decree-a-smile-is-not-a-sin/

Pope Benedict Issues Formal Vatican Decree: A Smile Is Not a Sin

November 18, 2006

POPE BENEDICT AND MSGR. GANSWEIN, THE POPE’S DEVOTED PERSONAL SECRETARY

The New York Times published an article today that disclosed some of the jokes making their rounds about Pope Benedict and his secretary, Msgr. Georg Ganswein. This brief extract from the Times article describes some of those satirical moments:

Perhaps it is his good looks, or his work in the ever-so-serious Vatican, but for whatever reason, Msgr. Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI’s secretary, has suddenly found himself the butt of jokes in the Italian news media. ....

In a curious “non-response” to this growing wave of satire, the pope’s secretary told his radio audience that “the Vatican was not offended.” “We’re convinced that smiles bring religion closer to the people,” he said, “because a smile is never a sin.”

Pope is Wrong: This One’s Very Sinful.

In response to the Times article, Andrew Sullivan published this irreverent, biting criticism of the article (and the Pope) today on his Time Magazine blog, The Daily Dish:

“The NYT runs a very curious article today about Italian humor about the current Pope. None of the jokes cited seem to me to be very risque or even funny. The entire argument of the piece is undermined by lack of any real evidence that this pope is subject to any more ridicule than has historically been the case. Except of course for that photograph (see above, seated with Msgr. Georg Ganswein). It shows the actual source of the jokes circulating in the Vatican and elsewhere about this Prada-preferring, Gucci-wearing, high-drama German intellectual (Pope). The actual jokes – which the NYT won’t print – are about how good looking so many of the men are who surround Benedict, especially his personal assistant, Msgr. Georg Gänswein, shown holding the large phallic microphone in front of Benedict’s face. The Vatican gossip merchants call Georg 'Gay-Org.' He is inseparable from Benedict. And he surely is easy on the eyes. There is no evidence that Benedict has ever broken his vows of chastity; but there is no evidence that he is heterosexual either. Hence the gossip; hence the jokes. When you’re a Pope who declares that even closeted, chaste gay men cannot be priests, it’s pushing your luck to clothe yourself in Prada, bedeck your Pope-mobile with luxurious Natuzzi Italian white leather, and surround yourself with assistants who look like they strayed from the pages of 'L’Uomo Vogue.'

"Butch it up, sister. Or the jokes will only get louder.”

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Padre Alberto CUTIE:

Video of beach romp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6rXBnLc3Y&feature=rela...

Him preaching Prodigal Son: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyAww8sol5I&feature=rela...


And then there's THIS creepazoid:
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/legion-christs-father-maciel-father-mexican-men-molested/story?id=10009430

Father Maciel Is Our Father, Say Two Mexican Men, And He Molested Us

Two Men Claim That Founder of Catholic Order Legion of Christ, Already Disgraced by Pedophilia Charges, Used Fake Name in Long Relationship With Their Mother

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[WVRICK13]

26. I'm Gonna Have To Become Celibate

seems it the best way to get lots of sex. LOL