A former official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who publicly came out as gay has insisted there is no gay lobby at the Vatican.
Msgr Krzysztof Charamsa told a private Italian television channel that he has never met such a lobby in the Vatican.
“I met homosexual priests, often isolated like me . . . but no gay lobby,” said Msgr Charamsa.
He added that he also met gay priests who were “homophobes” and had “hatred for themselves and others”.
“But I also met several fantastic homosexuals who are some of the best ministers in the Church,” he said.