THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The editor of the Vatican's daily newspaper has been accused of engineering a dirty tricks campaign against a rival with false accusations of a gay affair and harassment.
The alleged plot has been revealed in a controversial new book that portrays the Vatican as a hotbed of jealousy, intrigue and underhanded factional fighting.
The book, "His Holiness – The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI", is based on hundreds of letters, memos and diplomatic cables which were leaked by Vatican whistle-blowers, including one code-named "Maria".
One of the most intriguing claims is that Gian Maria Vian, the editor of L'Osservatore Romano, leaked false documents which purported to show that Dino Boffo, the editor of another Catholic newspaper, L'Avvenire, had had a homosexual affair with a man and harassed his wife.
The furore over the claims, which erupted in 2009, forced Mr Boffo to resign from the editorship. » | Nick Squires, Rome | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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