Gay sex and drugs orgy inside the Vatican: just the facts

It has been some time since we've lifted the cone of silence with which the Vatican smothers reports of a gay lobby within its walls, extending into the highest echelons of the Roman Catholic Church. In January of 2014 I posted "Ex-chief of Swiss Guard confirms existence of 'homolobby' at Vatican", and there was a reference to the gay lobby in "Catholic bishops say 'interim report' asking Church to welcome homosexuals grossly misrepresented by pro-LGBT media", 14/10/17. But the three-year hiatus doesn't mean the gay lobby no longer exists. Oh no. It's still alive and kicking... and biting and hissing.

So open, notorious and indeed raucous have the queer priests' and bishops' activities become that the Vatican police have been forced to take action. Sometime last month, the Catholic coppers raided an apartment belonging to Monsignor Luigi Capozzi (pictured, left) the secretary of Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio, who serves as the president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. There they found a number of churchmen engaged in a drug-fuelled gay orgy. (Whether Monsignor Alan McCormack was there, or languishes in obscurity in Ottawa, is not known.)

Msgr Capozzi was ordained in 1992 and has worked in numerous roles within the Roman Catholic church ever since. A report in Il Fatto Quotidiano says he was about to be appointed a bishop, and was looking forward to having 1000s of the faithful kiss his ring.

Vatican police allegedly caught the monsignor -- an "ardent supporter of Pope Francis", according to the report -- after tenants in the building complained repeatedly about the constant coming and going of male visitors at all hours of the night. The building is currently being used by various high-ranking churchmen, including prefects, presidents, and secretaries to the Roman Curia.

Msgr Capozzi, who on his LinkedIn page calls himself an "expert in canon law and dogmatic theology", managed to evade suspicion by driving a BMW with Vatican licence plates, which he could only have got with the help of influential friends. The Holy See plates rendered him practically immune to stops and searches. Thus he was able to transport cocaine for his frequent homosexual orgies with impunity.

Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that the building's separate entrance from outside the Vatican walls made it perfect for clandestine activity. "Its main entrance, in fact, opens out directly onto the piazza of the Holy Office that is already Italian territory and is outside of the control of the Swiss Guard and of the Gendarmerie," they wrote. "Anyone, by day and by night, can freely enter into the Vatican by this entry without undergoing any inspection and without, of course, being put on record. A perfect location to enjoy the privileges of extraterritoriality but without having to be subject either to the inspections of the Italian State or to those of Vatican City."

At the time of his arrest, Msgr Capozzi was allegedly so high on cocaine that he had to be hospitalized for detoxification in the Pius XI clinic in Rome. He has since disappeared from the Vatican, and is said to be at an undisclosed convent somewhere outside of Rome, enjoying (?) a "spiritual retreat".