The Vatican version of “Larry Craig.”
He’s not gay, he just has a wide stance.
Yeah, if we look at the circumstances, I would wager the Vatican corroborated his activity to some extent. After all, he was “anonymous” on this television show, so the Church could have simply said, “well, we don’t know who it is.” The fact that they went to the trouble to hunt him down and then publicly banish him seems convincing enough that he’s not play-acting.