Vatican properties ‘used as brothels and massage parlours where priests pay for sex,’ claims report
Some observers believe the leaks are part of a campaign to undermine Pope Francis's effort to reform the Curia
Vatican-owned properties in Rome are operating as seedy
saunas and massage parlours where priests pay for sex, according to the
latest in a series of leaked reports to embarrass the Church.
It is also claimed that Vatican officials are allowing buildings to be rented out at peppercorn rents as favours to powerful colleagues and turning a blind eye to shady property deals, as well as allowing addresses to be used as red-light establishments.
Among the properties mentioned in the document, made public by a Vatican mole, are premises in two streets close to the Italian Parliament and a solarium near Piazza Barberini, according to press reports.
One particular Vatican department, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, has been highlighted in the list. It owns hundreds of high-value properties in central Rome, worth hundreds of millions of euros.
It is also claimed that Vatican officials are allowing buildings to be rented out at peppercorn rents as favours to powerful colleagues and turning a blind eye to shady property deals, as well as allowing addresses to be used as red-light establishments.
Among the properties mentioned in the document, made public by a Vatican mole, are premises in two streets close to the Italian Parliament and a solarium near Piazza Barberini, according to press reports.
One particular Vatican department, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, has been highlighted in the list. It owns hundreds of high-value properties in central Rome, worth hundreds of millions of euros.
Two years ago it emerged the Vatican had purchased a €23m (£16m)
share of a Rome apartment block, 2 Via Carducci, which housed the Europa
Multiclub, Europe’s biggest gay sauna. Tales of visiting priests were
legion, and a section of the sauna’s website promoting special “bear
nights” included a video of a hirsute man stripping down and changing
into a priest’s outfit.
It was also alleged in this month’s leaks that Cardinal Bertone used
€200,000 from a medical charity to refurbish his penthouse flat.
Meanwhile, sources quoted by Ansa news agency said that Pope
Francis hoped to close the leak investigation and draw a line under the
affair before the Vatican’s special Jubilee Year, which begins on 8
December. Some observers believe the leaks are part of a campaign to
undermine his effort to reform the Curia.
Shibu Kuriakose comments: കത്തോലിക്കാ
സഭയെ പോലെ, യേശുക്രിസ്തുവിനെ മുപ്പത് വെള്ളികാശിനായി എല്ലാ കാലത്തും
ഒറ്റുവാൻ തയ്യാറായ ഒരു സംവിധാനം, ക്രിസ്തുവിരുദ്ധരിൽ പോലും ലോകത്ത്
ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല. ഇത്രയും കാലം സഭയിലെ പുരോഹിതർ നടത്തിയ ലൈംഗികാതിക്രമങ്ങളും,
കുട്ടികളെ വ്യാപകമായി ലൈംഗിക ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യുന്നതും മാത്രമാണ്, പുറം ലോകം
അറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നത്. ഇപ്പോൾ ഇതാ സഭയിലെ വല്യ പുള്ളികളുടെ അറിവോടെ തന്നെ, തങ്ങളുടെ തന്നെ
സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളിൽ, വേശ്യാലയങ്ങൾ വരെ നടത്തുന്നു എന്ന ഞെട്ടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിവരങ്ങൾ
ആണ്, ലോക മാധ്യമങ്ങൾ ഇപ്പോൾ പുറത്ത് വിട്ടത്. മതിയായ ആത്മീയ യോഗ്യത
നേടാത്ത വ്യക്തികൾ, ബ്രഹ്മചര്യം എന്ന മഹത്തായ സങ്കൽപ്പത്തെ, സാമൂഹ്യ
ചൂഷണത്തിനുള്ള മറയായി ഉപയോഗിച്ചാൽ സംഭവിക്കാവുന്ന ഒരു അപചയം
മാത്രമാണിത്.
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