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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol....es.html
[b]Missing ... Emanuela Orlandi disappeared in 1983 aged 15
By JACK LOSH
Published: 22nd May 2012
THE Catholic Church’s leading exorcist priest has sensationally claimed a missing schoolgirl thought to be buried in a murdered gangster’s tomb was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties. Father Gabriel Amorth, 85, spoke out as investigators examine mobster Enrico De Pedis’s tomb in the hunt for Emanuela Orlandi who vanished in 1983 aged 15.
Police and forensic experts broke into the grave last week after an anonymous tipster told a missing persons TV show the truth about Emanuela’s disappearance would be ”found there”. Bones not belonging to the mobster were recovered but are yet to be positively identified as Emanuela’s.
Scandal ... Father Gabriel Amorth claims the 15-year-old was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties
In an interview with La Stampa newspaper, Father Amorth, who has carried out more than 70,000 exorcisms, said: ”This was a crime with a sexual motive.
“It has already previously been stated by (deceased) monsignor Simeone Duca, an archivist at the Vatican, who was asked to recruit girls for parties with the help of the Vatican gendarmes.
”I believe that Emanuela ended up in this circle.
"I have never believed in the international theory (overseas kidnappers) and I have motives to believe that this was just a case of sexual exploitation, which led to murder and then the hiding of her body.
"Also involved are diplomatic staff from a foreign embassy to the Holy See.”
Mobster ... Gang boss De Pedis, in whose tomb Emanuela is thought to be buried
Outspoken Father Amorth - appointed by the late Pope John Paul II as the Vatican’s chief exorcist - has in the past denounced yoga and Harry Potter as the ”work of the Devil”.
Two years ago he claimed sex scandals rocking the Catholic Church were evidence that ”the Devil was at work in the Vatican.” Mobster De Pedis was leader of murderous, drug-trafficking gang Banda della Magliana. He was gunned down aged 38 by members of his outfit after they fell out.
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi believe De Pedis - whose name on the £12,000 tomb is spelt in diamonds - is linked to her kidnap. Last month the diocese of Rome, on orders from the Vatican, granted investigators permission to open up the gang boss's tomb, controversially located in the holy Sant’Apollinare basilica close to Piazza Navona, central Rome.
The burial was allegedly given the go-ahead when prison chaplain Father Vergari told bishops De Pedis had "repented while in jail and also done a lot of work for charity”, including large donations to the Catholic Church. The Vatican is yet to respond to Father Amorth’s claims although officials insist they have always cooperated with the investigation into Emanuela's disappearance - a claim her brother disputes.
Disappeared ... Pietro Orlandi holds a placard with his sister's picture in Vatican City
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