Male Escort Names 40 Gay Priests in Italy in Dossier Sent to Vatican

In a statement on the diocesan website, Cardinal Cresenzio Sepe said none of the identified priests worked in Naples. The dossier, containing WhatsApp chats and other evidence, was compiled by a self-proclaimed gay escort, Francesco Mangiacapra. None of the 34 priests or six seminarians was accused of having sex with minors, Mangiacapra was quoted as saying in the diocesan statement. Last month, a Vatican judge pleaded guilty in a Rome tribunal to having child porn on his computer after police were brought in when he allegedly tried to fondle an year-old man.

Monsignor Pietro Amenta was a judge on the Roman Rota, the Holy See tribunal that hears marriage annulment cases, as well as a consulter to various Vatican congregations. He resigned after the plea deal, the Vatican said.

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Read Next. Putin heaps praise on Trump, pans US politics. This story has been shared 17, times. This story has been shared 13, times. Very insightful. And so supportive of gay priests, who essentially have no support in the official Church. So much of the hierarchy cannot deal with the fact that their priests and themselves, indeed , are as human and sexual as everyone else. The harshness and prosecutorial response exhibited by this bishop is just one example of the twisted, unhealthy ways in which too many in the hierarchy approach the sexual realities of their priests.

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You are so right. Where is the compassion? When some in the hierarchy cannot be compassionate, it signals deep denial and fear within themselves to face the fact that they are sexual beings themselves, just like everyone else regardless of orientation. If you deny your own sexuality, it is impossible to walk with your sexual brother or sister, as Francis insists. Being a gay priest or brother does not translate into sexual activity…same goes for heterosexual men in religious life.

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Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Cardinal Cresenzio Sepe. Francisco Mangiacapra. Share this: Like this: Like Loading Thoughtful and beautifully written, Francis.

One of your best writings. Write on, dear friend. Well done! He was known in the best restaurants, resorts and five-star hotels in Rome and in Tuscany, and would always provide the drugs. He continued, "Their behavior is, in many cases, a result of the impunity that the high hierarchy of the Church has made habitual: Confessions of a Male Escort" , where he mentions many of his adventures with Italian priests no names were disclosed in the book.

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