"Carlo Capella, convicted for child pornography, reinstated in the Vatican Curia"

"Carlo Alberto Capella: The 'exemplary' reintegration of a Vatican pedophile

In June 2018, InfoVaticana reported on the five-year prison sentence given to Father Carlo Alberto Capella for possession and distribution of child pornography. Capella, a former diplomat of the Holy See in Washington, was never extradited — as requested by U.S. authorities — and, after returning to Rome, enjoyed freedom of movement within the Vatican for months before his belated detention.

Today, seven years later, we discover that this criminal’s reintegration has not consisted of caring for his elderly mother in some remote parish, but rather of living at San Benedetto, the residence designated for Vatican nuncios, just a few meters from where Pope Leo XIV himself resides.

According to a direct witness who saw him in recent hours, Capella is not only free, but protected, and likely engaged in 'internal duties.' Of what kind? We don’t know — but in any case, his depraved record doesn’t seem to have impeded his integration into the clerical circuits closest to power. All signs point to the 'lavender mafia' — far from disbanded — still providing safe conduct to its fallen members.

Meanwhile, hundreds of traditional priests are punished: no altar, no parish, no right to celebrate Mass in peace. But Capella resides in an elite residence. As they remind us from Rome, they protect each other. It’s not the first time...

And now Capella. A confirmed consumer of child pornography, rewarded with a second chance — in the very heart of ecclesiastical power.

The San Benedetto residence is no ordinary building. It’s a symbol. It houses high-ranking officials of Vatican diplomacy. Mons. Bertomeu lived there upon his arrival in Rome. And now so does Capella, alongside figures like Gugerotti.

We are not looking at isolated cases, but at a structure of complicity...

Just a few meters away lives Pope Leo XIV. If he truly wants to break this network — and not merely issue vague declarations — he must start by explaining why a convicted priest like Capella remains under Vatican protection."