VATICAN CITY
The Irish Times
PADDY AGNEW
THE HOLY See has rejected the man nominated as next Bulgarian ambassador to the Vatican because of a steamy gay scene in a best-selling novel recently written by him, it is alleged in the Rome newspaper La Repubblica.
On paper, Kiril Maritchkov (39) looks the perfect choice.
He is married to an Italian, he is the father of two children and a graduate in law and political sciences.
He not only speaks five languages but he is also an expert in post-Berlin Wall eastern Europe.
The problem is that Mr Maritchkov is also a novelist.
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