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L.A. Priest Molested Over 100 Boys And Visited Gay Prostitutes, Files Say
A priest in Los Angeles confessed to a horrific string of atrocities, including molesting over 100 young boys and visiting male prostitutes while serving for years in a California parish, recently released documents reveal. Ruben Martinez’s confession is part … Continue reading
The Vatican: Follow the pope on Twitter, get time off in purgatory
Enlarge (Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia) Mindful of the faithful who cannot afford to fly to Brazil, the Vatican’s sacred apostolic penitentiary, a court which handles the forgiveness of sins, has also extended the privilege to those following the “rites and pious … Continue reading
Vatican bank director, deputy resign amid scandal
From USA Today: ROME (AP) — The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday following the latest developments in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to … Continue reading
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Arrested Vatican monsignor ‘only helping friends’
ROME (AP) — A Vatican accountant arrested in a 20 million euro ($26 million) smuggling plot acknowledged Monday during questioning that his behavior was wrong but said he was only trying to help out friends, his lawyer said. Scarano was … Continue reading
Arrested Vatican monsignor felt he could act with impunity: judge
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY | Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:21am EDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A senior Catholic cleric arrested in a plot to smuggle tens of millions of dollars into Italy controlled vast amounts of money and felt … Continue reading
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Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, top Vatican official, busted in shady money smuggling deal
‘Monsignor 500’ Scarano was known as a priest with lots of cash. He was arrested with moneyman Giovanni Carenzio and Giovanni Zito, then with the military police, in a scheme to smuggle $26 million from Switzerland into Italy on … Continue reading
Vatican punishes French priest for being a Freemason
Bishop Yves Boivineau had warned Fr Vesin about his “active membership” of the Grand Orient de France lodge. Freemasonry has been condemned as anti-Christian and anti-clerical by various popes through history. Bishop Boivineau ordered the priest to cease his … Continue reading
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis supports crackdown on US nuns – World Wires – MiamiHerald.com
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See’s crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor … Continue reading
Pope meets Vatican administrators ahead of changes at top
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis held his first meeting on Friday with staff of the Vatican department that was at the center of last year’s scandal over leaked documents alleging corruption, ahead of expected changes to its leadership. The … Continue reading
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Italian priest arrested for 4 million-euro fraud
Italian police on Thursday arrested a priest accused of defrauding a Vatican-linked hospital in Rome that he managed of four million euros ($5.1 million), part of which he used to buy an 18-room villa in Tuscany set on 23 hectares … Continue reading
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