"The Smoke of Satan in the Vatican?

"A gay - prostitution ring run out of the Vatican?

"Really?"


The following is taken from the New Oxford Review of May 2010, but there's no specific date mentioned for the original incidents mentioned

But!

A reasonable guess would be around Thursday, March 4, 2010.

"[O]ne of Pope Benedict's elite ushers --formally known as a Papal Gentleman -- was dismissed from his Vatican post for his involvement in a gay - prostitution ring, while an elite Vatican chorister, who allegedly acted as a pimp, was also sacked over the sex scandal.

"No, this isn't direct evidence of Satanism in the bosom Holy Mother Church, but it certainly makes even the most ardent believer scratch his head.

"A gay - prostitution ring run out of the Vatican?

"Really?

"Well, if we can believe what we read in La Repubblica, it seems so.

"The Italian newspaper published excerpts of police wiretaps of Angelo Balducci's phone, and the evidence seems pretty clear.

"Balducci, the subject of a corruption probe by Italian police when the evidence came to light, served Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI on special occasions...

"Balducci appears to have a whole heap of evidence piled up against him.

"Ghinedu Ehiem of Nigeria, who sang with the Giulia Choir of St. Peter's Basilica for nearly two decades, was the chorister who was dismissed after his name appeared in the wiretap transcripts.

"He stands accused of procuring male prostitutes for Balducci and others as part of an organized network that included students from several unnamed Roman seminaries.

"Yes, you read that right: A layman in the Vatican was pimping out seminarians to local perverts -- and reportedly for large sums of money.

"So, are certain cardinals practicing Satanism at the Vatican?

"Do some high - ranking Vatican prelates, as Fr. Amorth charges, not believe in Jesus Christ?

"Fr. Amorth believes that the Church's sex - abuse scandals are evidence enough of Satan's influence among the hierarchy..."

Most likely he just might be right! :)