Vatican suspends priest after hidden camera films sexual advances

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican suspended an official from his job and opened an investigation after the priest was secretly filmed making advances to a young man.

The official, Msgr. Tommaso Stenico, insisted that he was not gay. In a statement Oct. 14, he said he was only pretending to be homosexual in order to research a suspected gay campaign against priests.

Msgr. Stenico, 60, is one of three section chiefs at the Congregation for Clergy. He is the host of a catechetical TV program, has written many religious books and has his own Web site.

The scandal erupted in early October when the Italian network La7 broadcast a program on gay priests.

One segment, filmed through a hidden camera, showed an appointment between a Vatican monsignor and a young man, in which the priest leads the young man to his Vatican office and implies that he doesn't think homosexual acts are sinful.

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Hidden camera discovered in Starbucks toilet

Rotorua Starbucks cafe staff were horrified to discover a secret camera in their unisex toilets, which had graphic footage of customers going to the toilet.

The small movie camera was found by a staff member on Wednesday who noticed it hidden in a toilet brush holder, the Rotorua Daily Post reported.

It appeared to have been planted by a member of the public who tried to conceal it by wrapping it in a black plastic bag.

The incident has been reported to Rotorua police.

The camera was sitting on a small tripod fixed to the white toilet brush holder.

Starbucks' area manager Thomas Cox said the camera contained about five minutes' worth of footage, featuring three male and female customers who had just used the toilet.

"There was some graphic stuff on there," he said.

The camera also showed the man who is believed to have hidden it, leaving the bathroom.

The man was described as aged in his early to mid-20s, of Asian descent, and about 174cm tall. He had a thin build, short black hair, and wore glasses.

Starbucks staff say the toilet brush holder used by the man did not belong to the store, suggesting the offender must have brought it with him.

Hidden camera in ministry toilet

Dubai: A female employee was stunned to find a hidden camera in a toilet at a federal ministry building in Dubai.

The employee noticed the small wireless camera the size of a one dirham coin in a hidden locker room cameras.

Police are interrogating a number of employees and some suspects have been detained.

Police said officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Forensic Sciences Department took fingerprints from the scene. A woman had complained about the issue over Ajman Radio 4 Station on Monday.

A ministry official refused to comment saying that the case was with the police now.