Did a Cross-Dressing Priest Sex Ring Bring Down Benedict XVI?
by Barbie Latza Nadeau Feb 22, 2013 12:43 PM EST
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/22/priests-in-panties.htmlDid a secret cross-dressing gay sex scandal bring down Pope Benedict?
Of all the rumors floating around about just why Pope Benedict XVI is hanging up his camauro, one has taken on a life of its own. According to several well-placed vaticanisti—or Vatican experts—in Rome, Benedict is resigning after being handed a secret red-covered dossier that included details about a network of gay priests who work inside the Vatican, but who play in secular Rome. The priests, it seems, are allegedly being blackmailed by a network of male prostitutes who worked at a sauna in Rome's Quarto Miglio district, a health spa in the city center, and a private residence once entrusted to a prominent archbishop. The evidence reportedly includes compromising photos and videos of the prelates—sometimes caught on film in drag, and, in some cases, caught "in the act."
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The existence of a gay-priest network outside the fortified walls of Vatican City is hardly news, and many are wondering if it is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg of sex scandals. In 2010, investigative journalist Carmello Abbate went undercover with a hidden camera to write a shocking exposé called "Good Nights Out for Gay Priests".
"What's coming out is very detailed X-ray of the Roman Curia that does not spare even the closest collaborators of the Pope."
