A gay priest sex scandal has rocked the Catholic Church in Italy today after a weekly news magazine released details of a shock investigation it had carried out.
Using hidden cameras, a journalist from Panorama magazine – owned by Italian Prime Minister and media baron Silvio Berlusconi – filmed three priests as they attended gay nightspots and had casual sex.
Today there was no immediate comment from the Italian Bishops Conference and the Vatican – which has been rocked by a series of sex scandals involving paedophile priests since the start of the year.
Caught in the act: A priest – still wearing his dog collar – approaches a gay ‘accomplice’ of the undercover reporter as their casual affair is caught on camera in the Italian magazine Panorama’s footage
The same priest later prepares to read Mass
A preview of the Panorama article sent out by email last night added that video footage from the investigation would be made available.
The article describes how the reporter was assisted by a gay ‘accomplice’ as they ‘gate-crashed the wild nights of a number of priests in Rome who live a surprising double-life.’
In it’s preview, Panorama added: ‘By day they are regular priests, complete with dog collar, but, at night it’s off with the cassock as they take their place as perfectly integrated members of the Italian capital’s gay scene.’
Panorama described its investigation as ‘deeply disturbing’ as it detailed how three priests – two Italians and a Frenchman – happily took part in gay events and had casual sex.
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