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| Vatican bars prelate in gay row | Vatican bars prelate in gay row |
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| The Vatican has confirmed local newspaper reports that a high-ranking Catholic priest has been suspended. | The Vatican has confirmed local newspaper reports that a high-ranking Catholic priest has been suspended. |
| The man, who works in the department in charge of clergy around the world, appeared on Italian TV earlier this month admitting that he was gay. | The man, who works in the department in charge of clergy around the world, appeared on Italian TV earlier this month admitting that he was gay. |
| The unnamed prelate or monsignor was suspended pending further investigations, said chief Vatican spokesman Father Frederico Lombari. | The unnamed prelate or monsignor was suspended pending further investigations, said chief Vatican spokesman Father Frederico Lombari. |
| Monsignor is the title normally given to senior Vatican officials. | Monsignor is the title normally given to senior Vatican officials. |
| Father Lombardi said that although the case was being treated as confidential, the priest had clearly acted in a way that was incompatible with his status inside the world headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. | Father Lombardi said that although the case was being treated as confidential, the priest had clearly acted in a way that was incompatible with his status inside the world headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| The unnamed prelate appears to have acted ingenuously by appearing on an investigative programme about gay priests on an Italian commercial TV channel. | The unnamed prelate appears to have acted ingenuously by appearing on an investigative programme about gay priests on an Italian commercial TV channel. |
| He allowed a TV camera to film him inside his private office in the Vatican. Although his voice was disguised, colleagues and friends easily identified him as a monsignor who frequently used to appear as anchorman and even celebrate Mass on a well known local Catholic TV channel. | |
| The monsignor told his interviewer that he did not regard himself as being in a state of sin because of his homosexual activities but was forced to keep them secret because of the church's teaching on the subject. | The monsignor told his interviewer that he did not regard himself as being in a state of sin because of his homosexual activities but was forced to keep them secret because of the church's teaching on the subject. |
| The Vatican rarely comments on sexual scandal involving priests and the prompt admission of this priest's suspension is unusual. | The Vatican rarely comments on sexual scandal involving priests and the prompt admission of this priest's suspension is unusual. |