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Suspended cleric threatens Vatican with "list of gays"
Catholic News ^ | 23 oct 2007 | Anon

Posted on 10/27/2007 3:28:23 AM PDT by BlackVeil

The Italian Monsignor suspended from his job in the Roman Curia after he acknowledged homosexual relations in an anonymous television interview, has revealed he has a list of active homosexuals working in the Vatican.

Msgr Tommaso Stenico was removed from his duties at the Congregation for Clergy after the Italian La7 television network showed a videotape in which he propositioned a young man. Although the priest’s face was obscured, Vatican officials were able to identify his voice and his office, in which the video was surreptitiously recorded.

However, soon after his identity was discovered, Stenico proclaimed he had never been gay and was heterosexual, but remained faithful to his vow of celibacy. He said he expected to be fully exonerated after a review.

Now, in an interview with Italy’s Panorama magazine, the disgraced cleric has now said he has a “dossier” on the homosexual network and the priests involved.

That information, he said, should make the Vatican “tremble", Catholic World News reported.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: catholicpriest; gays; priest; scandal

1 posted on 10/27/2007 3:28:26 AM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil
That information, he said, should make the Vatican “tremble", Catholic World News reported.

Tremble my a**! You only "tremble" while trying to hide the problem, waiting for more shoes to drop.

Out em and get them out!

2 posted on 10/27/2007 3:47:08 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: BlackVeil

Since lying did not work for him, perhaps extortion or blackmail will.


3 posted on 10/27/2007 5:26:12 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: BlackVeil

*sigh*

Another Larry Craig enters the media spotlight...GO AWAY, TOMMASO.


4 posted on 10/27/2007 5:46:22 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: AmericaUnited

Nicely said... Shine the light on the and rid them. If the Catholic Church is infested with people that are a violation of the word they should be removed. That will, in time, make them stronger.


5 posted on 10/27/2007 6:24:39 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: BlackVeil
If married Episcopal priests who convert to Catholicism are allowed to serve as Roman Catholic priests while married there's no reason why all Catholic priests shouldn't be allowed to marry.If the Church refuses to allow this it will see the percentage of homosexual priests rise from its present 33% (a guess on my part) to 90% and will see the actual number of priests fall by 66%.

The very survival of the Church depends on it.

6 posted on 10/27/2007 7:32:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: BlackVeil

All priests having any sex should be outed, not just gays. Fair’s fair.
Same sin, different hole.


7 posted on 10/27/2007 9:32:21 AM PDT by aristotleman
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To: NeoCaveman; xsmommy

MMm, this guy is taking a wide stance here. What next?


8 posted on 10/27/2007 9:34:17 AM PDT by tioga
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To: NYer

ping


9 posted on 10/27/2007 9:56:10 AM PDT by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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To: tioga

the guy should be trembling for his soul. yes, get all the gays out, shine the light on them, but the blackmail and extortion isn’t winning him any points in Heaven.


10 posted on 10/27/2007 11:32:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
the guy should be trembling for his soul. yes, get all the gays out, shine the light on them, but the blackmail and extortion isn’t winning him any points in Heaven.

It takes points to get into heaven? What Bible did you find that in?

11 posted on 11/07/2007 10:53:13 PM PST by Jotmo (I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA and Now I'm Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - Swirling Eddies)
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