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Opus Dei To Hunt Down Vatican Whistle-Blowers

Posted by timothy on from the dan-brown-hangs-his-head-dejectedly dept.

First time accepted submitter Aguazul2 writes "In a familiar story relocated into the bizarre world of the Vatican, a whistle-blower who brought to light excessive overpayments on contracts to friendly suppliers was sent to the USA as punishment, and further sources of leaks are now being hunted down by a crack team headed by an 82-year old Opus Dei cardinal. It's just like Wikileaks, only with parchment and quills — probably."

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  1. Which is why... by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...we need anonymity systems. People who are afraid to report unethical behavior are less likely to report it (shocking!), and whistleblower protections are neither universal nor reliable.

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    1. Re:Which is why... by Jessified · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I would argue that corruption is prevalent in business but that we just don't call it corruption. When a business does something morally despicable for money, they are serving their shareholders.

      Buy some legislation? Just serving their profit motive, it's the politicians that are corrupt, amirite?

    2. Re:Which is why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The Vatican is a "sovereign" state, in that its sovereignty hinges on the Italian Government continuing to honor the treaties between the two that have set aside Vatican City as such.

      What is worse imho is how the Roman Catholic Church can flaunt local governments with this so-called "sovereignty" with regards to the affairs of the Church and its actors in those countries. So, does a whistleblower from the Catholic Church need to somehow make their way to a foreign embassy, then, and seek asylum? That's pretty fucked up.

      Perhaps the British were right way back when w.r.t. the Catholic Church.

      Theocracy, gloria Dei! /s

    3. Re:Which is why... by evilRhino · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Traitor is such a loaded word, and is misused in this context I think. A wife that leaves her abusive husband is a traitor. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and many others were traitors also.

  2. What's new here again? by hackula · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Has the Vatican not been wasting vast amounts of gullible people's money on stupid shit for over a millennium?

  3. So much for the morality of the Vatican by StillNeedMoreCoffee · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Keep your legs crossed and your mouth shut, expect in the confessional where you can tell us all but no one else. Whats wrong with this picture?

  4. Dan Brown help us all!!! by dryriver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Must... find... albino... assassin... religionfreak... and... send... him... after... whistleblowers... (Amen?) ------ But seriously, what a weird story this is. Isn't the Vatican supposed to be all about "The Truth Shall Set Thee Free" because, erm, Christian belief mandates it? So what is wrong with a little whistleblowing? Why is someone exposing the truth even a "whistleblower" in this particular case? Very strange story all around...

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  5. Re:News for Nerds by Jeng · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Although the story is interesting, this is not the place for it.

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  6. That scratching sound you hear... by sootman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... is Dan Brown furiously scribbling notes for his next book.

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  7. Re:Crack team? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Funny that a religious organization would hunt down whistleblowers, but provide shelter for child molesters.

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  8. Re:my MIT classmate works at Vatican by iztaru · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh, come on!

    Please read history before you post.

    The only reason Galileo was not burned alive is because he was a close friend to the pope.

    It was his colleges who wanted him death because his ideas were against the ideas they had based their entire carriers on.

    The academic establishment is even more reluctant to change than the catholic church.

  9. The purpose of confession, to the cynical by Quila · · Score: 4, Insightful

    God supposedly already knows your sins whether you tell them or not. In fact, he knows them before you even commit the sins, or before you even think of committing them first place. Telling a priest does nothing.

    Thus the purpose of confession is so that the Church has the goods on everybody in the community.