!!Vatican In Alleged Sex Scandal!!(A GENTLEMEN OF HIS HOLINESS)

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Vatican Rocked By Another Sex Scandal
By Nicole Belle

D.C. Catholic Charity Drops Spouse Coverage Over Gay Law

Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, facing a new District of Columbia law mandating health coverage for partners of gay employees in agencies that take taxpayer dollars, has decided to drop coverage for all spouses of Catholic Charities employees rather than be forced to insure same-sex couples.

The announcement follows last month's decision by Catholic Charities to end its longstanding foster care and adoption program because the new statute would have compelled the agency to place children with qualified gay applicants.

Catholic Charities is the church's main social welfare agency and it receives $22 million a year from the District to help run a range of programs for the needy in the capital.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/03/d-c-catholic-charity-drops-spouse-coverage-over-gay-law/

A police investigation into corruption at the Vatican has taken a twist with the discovery of an organised network of male prostitution. So far a senior aide to the Pope and a Vatican chorister have been removed from their posts over allegations of involvement in the homosexual prostitution ring.

The allegations were made public when Italian newspapers published transcripts of phone calls recorded by police. Police had been conducting an unrelated corruption investigation. Apparently the tapes record Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, negotiating with Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 29-year-old Nigerian Vatican chorister, about men he wanted brought to him for sexual purposes.

Balducci held a high position within the Vatican and carried the coffin of Pope John Paul at his 2005 funeral. He has now lost his position as a Gentleman of the Holiness. The taped conversations include Balducci describing precise physical details of the men he desired.

Balducci was a member of one of the world's most exclusive fraternities – the Gentlemen of His Holiness, or Papal Gentlemen, the ceremonial ushers of the papal household.

The scandal is just the newest scandal in a seemingly never ending series of scandals involving the Catholic Church. There is no telling how extensive the prostitution ring is within the Vatican, or what, if any knowledge, Pope Benedict XVI had of the nefarious activities taking place within his household.

The scandal is yet another indication of the corruption and moral hypocrisy which surrounds the Pope, and permeates the Catholic Church.

Why is it that those so insistent on controlling and judging others' behaviors always seem to have the hardest time living up to their own standards?

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/vatican-rocked-another-sex-scandal

[MUAD_DIB]

1. Oh Noes, it's the prophecy!

[TheEuclideanOne]

2. I think that the real headline is that he was dismissed.

That is the real shocker. I would argue that this is a non-story. A real story would be that a member of the Vatican was NOT involved in some sex scandal.

[Kalun D]

3. Yeah

""I think that the real headline is that he was dismissed.""

yeah, he's like the first one to get dismissed. Up to now they've just been moving them around when they get caught.

Dismissed? that's all?, how about some criminal charges?