[sinkspur]

I did a google on him, and there is a lot of conspiracy theories involving him. I suspect a lot of it is just that - conspiracy theories.

There is a conspiratorial subculture in the Church. It was largely fueled by the hysterical writings of Malachi Martin, who is the patron saint of the conspirazoids. He proposed all kinds of bizarre goings-on in the Vatican through his "fictional" works, which weave in just enough fact to lead some of his more zealous followers to treat the fiction as fact as well.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I did use to read him, but in my normal tendency to avoid conspiracy theories in general, I gave up the habit.

[wideawake]

Yup. Malachi Martin is an extremely beloved figure among many people for reasons that are entirely opaque to me.