Secret Vatileaks report forced Pope to retire?

February 23, 2013 09:55

A secret report on the Vatileaks scandal is rumoured to have forced Benedict XVI to retire, reports the Daily Mail.

The Pope has sent a top official to Colombia amid scandalous rumours about a secret report into the 'Vatileaks' scandal. The scandal erupted last year after papers taken from the pope's desk were published in a blockbuster book. The pope's butler was convicted in October of aggravated theft, and later pardoned, the report says.

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