Vatican Returns to Its Proud Renaissance Traditions

[Martinus]

Vatican Hit By Gay Sex Scandal

The Vatican has been thrown into chaos by reports that one of the Pope's ceremonial ushers, as well as a member of the elite Vatican choir, were involved in a homosexual prostitution ring.

The allegations came to light after Italian newspapers published transcripts of phone calls recorded by police, who had been conducting an unrelated corruption investigation.

The tapes appear to record Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, negotiating with Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 29-year-old Nigerian Vatican chorister, about men he wanted brought to him for sexual purposes. Balducci was allegedly paying 2,000 euros ($2,714) for each man he met, according to the Irish Times.

Balducci is recorded describing precise physical details of the men he wanted. The transcripts record that during five months in 2008, Ehiem procured for Balducci at least 10 contacts with, among others, "two black Cuban lads," a former male model from Naples, and a rugby player from Rome.

A report by the Italian Carabinieri on the case said: "In order to organize casual encounters of a sexual nature, he availed himself of the intercession of two individuals who, it is maintained, may form part of an organized network, especially active in [Rome], of exploiters or at least facilitators of male prostitution."

The police probe into corruption resulted in Balducci and 4 others being arrested. Allegations of prostitution were only revealed later, and have resulted in Ehiem's dismissal from the Vatican choir.

Balducci held a high position within the Vatican and was one of the priests who carried the coffin of Pope John Paul at his 2005 funeral. He has now lost his position as a Gentleman of the Holiness. His trial for corruption is still pending.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/vatican-hit-by-gay-sex-sc_n_486218.html

Damn, I should have taken the cloth, it seems.

[Syt]

I thought this would be about the number of cases of child abuse uncovered in the German Cathophilic church?

[The Brain]

2,000 a pop? Could get a fucking stroller for that money.

[Martinus]

Yeah. The fucker spoils the market.

[sbr]

I thought this would be about the number of cases of child abuse uncovered in the German Cathophilic church?

Maybe we should start tagging the threads that are NOT gay related.

[Ed Anger]

I thought this would be about the number of cases of child abuse uncovered in the German Cathophilic church?

Maybe we should start tagging the threads that are NOT gay related.

OMGWTFBBQ

[The Brain]

I thought this would be about the number of cases of child abuse uncovered in the German Cathophilic church?

Maybe we should start tagging the threads that are NOT gay related.

Sports threads. 

[DGuller]

Here's one thing I don't get: if you're a priest and you set your mind on screwing, why not do the real thing?  Why stick only the boys or the men?  You've already decided to break the vow of celibacy, you might as well get the best bang for your buck.

[The Brain]

Here's one thing I don't get: if you're a priest and you set your mind on screwing, why not do the real thing?  Why stick only the boys or the men?  You've already decided to break the vow of celibacy, you might as well get the best bang for your buck.

Why would homosexuals prefer women?

[Martinus]

Here's one thing I don't get: if you're a priest and you set your mind on screwing, why not do the real thing?  Why stick only the boys or the men?  You've already decided to break the vow of celibacy, you might as well get the best bang for your buck.

Why would homosexuals prefer women?

LOL exactly.

[DGuller]

Here's one thing I don't get: if you're a priest and you set your mind on screwing, why not do the real thing?  Why stick only the boys or the men?  You've already decided to break the vow of celibacy, you might as well get the best bang for your buck.

Why would homosexuals prefer women?

LOL exactly.

Are you saying that all priests are homosexual?

[Martinus]

Here's one thing I don't get: if you're a priest and you set your mind on screwing, why not do the real thing?  Why stick only the boys or the men?  You've already decided to break the vow of celibacy, you might as well get the best bang for your buck.

Why would homosexuals prefer women?

LOL exactly.

Are you saying that all priests are homosexual?

I think that gay people (and other non-heterosexual people, including asexual people and also deviants, like pedophiles) are most likely over-represented among priests. This is because celibate priesthood (especially of a non-sexually-permissive religion) tends to select for people who already have problems with their sexuality and seek priesthood as a way to redeem/"cure" themselves.

[Berkut]

Did Marty just say that gay people "have problems with their sexuality"?

[Syt]

Did Marty just say that gay people "have problems with their sexuality"?

I also never thought he'd say that gays are *over*-represented anywhere.

[Malthus]

I think that gay people (and other non-heterosexual people, including asexual people and also deviants, like pedophiles) are most likely over-represented among priests. This is because celibate priesthood (especially of a non-sexually-permissive religion) tends to select for people who already have problems with their sexuality and seek priesthood as a way to redeem/"cure" themselves.

The more obvious explaination is that joining a supposedly celebate priesthood is a great answer to the "why are you not married?" question for guys sexually uninterested in (adult) women.