Pope Francis has admitted the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Roman Curia, allegedly exposed during a leaks scandal, according to a Latin American Catholic website.

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Back in February Italian media claimed that a secret report by cardinals investigating the leaks included allegations of corruption and blackmail attempts against gay Vatican clergymen, and on the other hand, favouritism based on gay relationships.

“In the Curia, there are truly some saints, but there is also a current of corruption,” the pope is quoted as having said during an audience last week with Clar (the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious Men and Women).

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