SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA)
Reuters via news.com.au
November 19, 2017
The Vatican is investigating reports a priest abused a dormitory mate when they were both altar boys and living in a residence at the St Pius X Institute.
The Vatican says it has opened an investigation into reports that a former teenage altar boy, who allegedly repeatedly forced a dormitory mate to have sex with him, went on to become a priest.
The allegations concerning the St Pius X Institute, known as a pre-seminary, were made in a recent book and in Italian television reports.
The pre-seminary is a residence inside the Vatican for altar boys who serve at masses in St Peter’s Basilica mostly presided over by priests, bishops and cardinals. At times they also participate in papal liturgies.
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