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Emanuela Orlandi Was 'Kidnapped For Vatican Sex Parties,' Claims Father Gabriele Amorth
Posted: 05/22/2012 5:52 pm Updated: 05/22/2012 6:18 pm
The Holy See was directly involved in the disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi in 1983, according to a contentious accusation by the Catholic Church's leading exorcist. The Rev. Gabriele Amorth claimed that the girl's kidnapping was a "crime of a sexual nature."
"Parties were organized, with a Vatican gendarme acting as the 'recruiter' of the girls," Amorth told La Stampa, according to a translation by The Telegraph. "The network involved diplomatic personnel from a foreign embassy to the Holy See. I believe Emanuela ended up a victim of this circle."
Amorth, who was appointed by Pope John Paul II and has carried out more than 70,000 exorcisms, is no stranger to controversial public statements; according to The Sun, the exorcist has called Harry Potter the "work of the devil," and has claimed "the devil was at work in the Vatican" when discussing the Catholic Church's sex scandals.
Clues to the missing girl's whereabouts had pointed in several directions, including toward a Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II, The Telegraph reports.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/emanuela-orlandi-vatican-sex-parties_n_1536531.html?ref=mostpopular
Zanzoobar
(894 posts)One would think it was a boy.
great minds.....
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)I believe there are weak men who'll blame their depravities on anything but themselves. Organized religion seems to be full of such.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)These same pedophiles get a say in our communities. They are taken seriously as a religion, but they are worse than the Manson clan. Let's hope this is the last straw we will take from these pedophiles once and for ALL. And exorcisms? WTF They mean torture. How is believing in voodoo hold any ground at all. I am sick of religion. IMO It should be eradicated.
JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)The 'cryptic' message was a poke at the Vatican - not the mobster buried there.
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)All in this (almost) Discovery TV program...............(pulled at the last minute due to White House and Vatican pressure)
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/franklin.htm
also this: http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/franklin.htm
PDJane
(10,103 posts)I've watched it before, of course.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=866739408240639313#
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)never attempted to rein in this priest before. I think he's 87, so the question is, is he senile and making this up, or is he senile and letting secrets loose, or is he trying to get stuff off his chest before he faces judgment?
There has been a series of stories in recent weeks coming out of Rome that I have trouble following. The gist is that various factions in the Vatican are leaking info on each other, and the Italian press is going wild. I don't have the time or energy to follow all the arcane details, but my takeaway is that the shit is hitting the fan big time and everyone knows it.
John Paul the Great? I think a lot of birds are coming home to nest. There was a big rush to canonize him, and he got as far as Blessed, but someone put the brakes on the process.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Hardly a reliable witness. He believes in demons, for the love of fuck.
Raine
(30,540 posts)could be true but this guy is just not a very crediable source IMO.
siligut
(12,272 posts)It makes sense to me that, in a religious setting, an exorcist would be called in if a young person presented with a different personality.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...he didn't make up the extra bones they found in the mobster's grave who supposedly kidnapped the girl to begin with:
The Vatican insists it has done everything in its power to help solve the mystery of the missing girl.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/emanuela-orlandi-vatican-sex-parties_n_1536531.html
- Considering the role The Church plays in conducing funerals, maybe they should dig up a few more graves.....
K&R
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