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A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls.

Le Iene, an Italian investigative television program, plans to air the new allegations Sunday; the show provided the broadcast to the Associated Press ahead of time.

The Vatican announced in September that its criminal prosecutor was seeking to indict a former senior seminarian and the then-rector of the St. Pius X seminary on sexual abuse charges.

The announcement came two years after Le Iene first featured former seminarians who alleged that the senior seminarian, now a priest, had molested teenage boys who lived inside the Vatican and served as altar boys at papal Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica. The testimony suggested a series of priests, bishops and even a cardinal had covered up the case for years.

In the new program, several unnamed former altar boys alleged at least two more priests affiliated with the seminary kissed and fondled three other altar boys in the 1990s. In one case, an alleged victim said a priest sat him on his lap and fondled his penis. In another case, an alleged victim marveled how Le Iene had heard about things he had only told his confessor.

Coupled with previous testimony gathered by Le Iene, the impression given is that of a closed, religious atmosphere in which sexualized touching and groping were normalized for boys as young as 11.

In a statement ahead of the program provided to the AP, the Vatican press office said a decision on whether to issue indictments in the original case was “imminent.” The statement said any new elements or evidence of other crimes that emerge would be considered by Vatican prosecutors in a new investigation.

The case concerns the closed world of the St. Pius X youth seminary, located inside a palazzo just a few steps from the Vatican hotel where Pope Francis lives. It serves as a residence for about a dozen boys, ages 11 to 18, who serve as altar boys at papal Masses.

The seminary is run by a small Italian religious order, the Opera Don Folchi. The group has dismissed the allegations as “mud,” a “violent attack on the church” and nothing more than “calumny and falsifications.”


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Nico Rosberg clarified his recent comments about Max Verstappen, who the 2016 world champion labelled a “narcissist” for his very high level of self-confidence.

In his most recent Beyond Victory podcast, Rosberg sat down with his former Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.

On the subject of character and achievement, the German explained why in his opinion Verstappen was “like a narcissist, like you write it in the dictionary”.

    Rosberg says Verstappen is a ‘narcissist’, but Wolff disagrees

Asked by Sky F1 to elaborate on the comment during last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Rosberg reiterated his view on Red Bull’s star driver, but insisted he meant it in a positive way

“Actually it was on the positive side,” said the former F1 driver.

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“I was saying that was a very strong asset of his, because it gives you resistance in the very extreme world of Formula 1 if you really have that self-confidence and self-belief.

“I still stick with it. He has it,” added Rosberg.

“Because if you mess up six times, and on the seventh time, you still end up doing the same thing and you get it right, and the whole season turns around like it did last year, you’ve got to be pretty damn self-confident.”

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Gasly remembers a sparkling evening in the desert

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Pierre Gasly holds fond memories of Bahrain, a venue where, as a young Toro Rosso rookie, the Frenchman bedazzled the establishment with a remarkable run to fourth in 2018.

Ahead of his return to the scene of his exploit, the 21-year-old reflected with Mobil 1 The Grid on a race to remember as he looks to build on last year’s performance with his new team for 2019, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing.

    Gasly seeks Bahrain boost after struggling in Melbourne

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Ah, the music video. Once a vestige of past times, the medium has experienced a resurgence in recent years. And we can always expect it to receive the attention it deserves at the MTV Video Music Awards, airing live this Sunday, Aug. 28, from Madison Square Garden in New York City. As you might expect, the competition is fierce for the sought-after category of Video of the Year, so we gathered the five nominees for your viewing pleasure.

Watch below, and tune in to find out who nabs the coveted Moonman this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.

Adele — “Hello”

The video for Adele’s heartwrenching comeback hit nearly broke the internet with its million-plus views and countless spoofs, including one very memorable SNL sketch.

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Beyoncé — “Formation”
Rife with political innuendo, Click here for the full clip.

Drake — “Hotline Bling”

Justin Bieber — “Sorry”

Even though it doesn’t feature The Biebs himself, the video for “Sorry” still amassed over a billion YouTube views, thanks in no small part to its fleet of talented dancers decked out in their nineties finest.

Kanye West — “Famous”

Kanye West’s performance art piece, which depicts nude wax figures of celebrities from Donald Trump to Taylor Swift, expectedly garnered a lot of attention. Not to mention that, in the beginning of the video, a voice clip saying, “Won a VMA Award” can be heard before the song begins. A harbinger, if there ever was one.

They grow up so fast! In honor of Prince George’s third birthday today, the royal family released an adorable new set of photos of the little guy at his idyllic family home in Norfolk, England.

The four snapshots show Kate Middleton and Prince William’s first-born child enjoying a beautiful summer day in two too-cute outfits. During the shoot—taken earlier this month by British photographer Matt Porteous—George changes from a navy and beige striped sweater with a whale on its chest and khaki shorts (above), into a short-sleeved blue and white T-shirt and denim shorts:

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At some point, the little prince loses his shoes and goes barefoot for a turn on a wooden swing, which features an engraving of his parents’ names, “William & Catherine.”

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In another snap, George takes a snack break with the family dog, Lupo, while sitting out on a plaid blanket on the grass.

In honor of Prince George’s third birthday, the royal family released an adorable new set of photos of the little guy at his idyllic family home in Norfolk, England. In one snap, George takes a snack break with the family dog, Lupo, while sitting out on a plaid blanket on the grass.

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“The Duke and Duchess [of Cambridge] hope that people will enjoy seeing these new photographs,” Kensington Palace said in a statement. “They would like to thank everyone for all the lovely messages they have received as Prince George celebrates his third birthday.”

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Happy birthday, Prince George!

We’re all familiar with the post-breakup revenge body, and Calvin Harris is proudly putting his on display. The 32-year-old DJ and musician, who recently split from 1989 pop star Taylor Swift, seems to be swiftly moving on, taking to his guy pals for some time off.

Earlier this week, Harris’s friend Emil Nava took to Instagram to share a hilarious image of the close friends alongside two others in their inner circle. At first glance, it appears that the squad is casually posing next to a fountain on a bright, sunny day, but closer inspection reveals that Harris and his friends all chose to rock barely-there speedos.

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So who wore it best? The “This Is What You Came For” creator is a cut above the rest and flaunts his toned chest, legs, and sizzling abs for the camera. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Harris bear it all for the cameras. In addition to several shirtless ‘grams he’s shared (and then often deleted), the star has also stripped down for fashion underwear campaigns for brands like Emporio Armani.

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Thanks for the Friday eye candy, Calvin.

She may have been the runner-up on season five of American Idol, but Katharine McPhee will always be number one in our eyes—and in the eyes of anyone who caught a glimpse of the singer and actress taking a dip in the Miami ocean this past Sunday.

McPhee turned heads in a teeny black-and-white patterned two-piece from ACACIA Swimwear, with sexy cutouts in the halter straps and on the sides of the bikini bottom. She wore her hair in a low ponytail and donned a pair of trendy round red-tinted sunglasses.

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The 32-year old Smash star has clearly been hitting the gym, as she displayed some serious abs and toned legs, looking happy and relaxed splashing around in the ocean. She spent her beach day with a friend, who snapped an amazing photo of McPhee’s rockin’ bod, but (accidentally) put his thumb over the star’s face. McPhee posted the photo to Instagram anyway, with the tongue-in-cheek caption, “Photo fail… good one Munge!”

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The actress and singer clearly had fun on her Miami vacation and wasn’t afraid to splurge, posting a delicious-looking photo of a basket of sugared donuts, captioning the shot, “My favorite things… I [love] #donuts.” Same, Katharine, same.

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If there’s anyone in this world who is embodying courage right now, it’s Shannen Doherty. That’s why her Courage Award at the American Cancer Society’s Giants of Science Gala couldn’t have been more fitting.

Clad in a fall-perfect navy velvet suit, the actress received the distinction from friend Sarah Michelle Gellar. And her speech left not a dry eye in the room as she spoke about her ongoing battle with breast cancer.

“For the last year and a half, cancer has been my teacher,” Doherty said in her speech. “It’s taught me what love, strength, friendship, and support truly looks like.”

“It’s opened my eyes to myself and it’s allowed me to not only share my journey with people but it’s actually allowed me to share my inner self with anybody who actually wanted to know what it was like,” she continued. “And the end result is that I am nothing but vulnerability and, to me, vulnerability is courage.”

The actress had her support squad there with her: husband Kurt Iswarienko, Chelsea Handler, model Anne Kortright, Dr. Lawrence Piro, Chris Cortazzo, and stylist Deborah Waknin-Harwin.

“You guys are my courage,” said Doherty of her loving friends and family. “You’re the wizard in the Wizard of Oz. I was the [Cowardly Lion] and I didn’t think I had courage and you all gave me my courage—and I thank you for that.”

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The moment was made even more heartfelt, as it was the sixth anniversary of the death of Doherty’s father.

“He also had his own health problems, and I watched him face life with such joy and love—and it has just inspired me to be as much like my father as humanly possible, in his battle,” she confessed. “So, I want to accept this award, not for myself—I’m accepting this award for all the fathers out there who have taught your children to have courage, and I also accept it on behalf of every single cancer patient out there and all their caregivers.”

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Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ W10 is “coming together”, but the Brit has urged his team to keep on pushing in light of the opposition’s performance.

Hamilton concluded his first week of pre-season testing with 58 laps in the morning session, but the cold and crisp conditions made it a tricky start of the day for the reigning world champion.

As the track warmed up, Mercedes undertook a series of runs on Pirelli’s softer tyres to gauge the W10’s grip and balance on the specific compounds.

    Ferrari has early edge over the rest, admits Bottas

“It was quite cold in the morning which meant that it was a little bit difficult with the tyres for everyone,” said Hamilton.

“In general, the car was feeling better today and is coming together. However, we still have to keep on digging deep, analysing the data and the changes that we are making.

“The reliability has been really solid which is a great showing of all the hard work that everyone in the factory has done.

“But we have to keep on pushing, the competition looks very strong.”

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Valtteri Bottas who ran in the afternoon, and also trialed the softer rubber, brought the Silver Arrows outfit its fastest lap of the week, with more performance to be extracted from next week’s programme.

“We’ve been making progress throughout the entire week, the car felt better every single day,” said Bottas.

“We’re now looking forward to next week when we will hopefully make even more progress.

“Many thanks to the entire team, it was a good first test. Now we’re all hungry to improve even more in the second test.”

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