SIN CITY: Alleged Perv Priest Holed Up in Vatican Now Wanted in Two Countries

October 01, 2017

By BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, September 30, 2017, Daily Beast

ROME—Monsignor Carlo Capella, a 50-year-old priest and diplomat in the Vatican’s foreign service, allegedly uploaded child pornography from a church in Windsor, Canada, last Christmas, according to a new arrest warrant issued by Canadian authorities. The cleric currently is wanted for accessing child pornography, possessing child pornography and distributing child pornography––but he won’t face the secular charges any time soon because he is safely inside the fortified walls of Vatican City in Rome.

Capella is reported to be the same priest who was secretly swooped back to Rome last August when American authorities wanted his immunity lifted on similar charges. The Vatican will not confirm or deny his identity and would not comment on the Canadian arrest warrant, which does name the suspect. But in September, the Holy See did say it was disciplining the errant unnamed priest in house.

“The Holy See, following the practice of sovereign states, recalled the priest in question, who is currently in Vatican City,” a statement released September 15 says.

According to the Canadian arrest warrant, “Investigators believe that the offenses occurred while . . .

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John Nesbella commented 2017-10-02 10:43:47 -0500
The Vatican City must have the highest concentration of sexual perverts of any city in the entire world. Maybe the international community should just put up some walls topped with razor wire fence and prevent anyone from leaving-to prevent the contamination from spreading.

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