The meeting between Bannon and Martel was arranged by Ben Harnwell, the director of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, which was working with Bannon to develop a political training program. In his statement repudiating Bannon, Burke also announced that he was resigning from the advisory board of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, a 10-year-old organization that describes its mission as "supporting Christians in public life." The email thread does not include a final version. The email thread shows that Preate wrote to Hickson, "The version below is good for now." But Hickson then made more changes, and Preate asked for more opportunities to review the text. In one version from June 18, Hickson quoted Bannon as telling Martel, “I was told it is not 80 percent - it is closer to 90 percent.” The draft also mentioned an earlier report in a French publication saying that Bannon also endorsed allowing heterosexual priests to marry. Hickson had shared several drafts of the story with both Bannon and Martel, according to an email exchange obtained by BuzzFeed News, which appears to confirm Martel's account. Neither its author, Maike Hickson, nor LifeSite Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westin responded to questions from BuzzFeed News. LifeSite News has deleted its post about the meeting. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, Bannon's spokesperson, Alexandra Preate, said: "While the book is controversial and Mr Bannon does not agree with all parts, he believes there is an overwhelming argument in the book of homosexual infiltration of Vatican hierarchy." The statement continued: "Mr Bannon does not believe his allies in the Vatican are gay.”
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He also made clear to BuzzFeed News that he was not interested in making a movie with Bannon. Martel said Bannon was interested in making a movie of In the Closet of the Vatican to expose the reality of the church. Martel said Bannon endorsed allowing priests to marry and other changes to the church's sexual doctrine so that the church can focus on "the important issue: China, Islam, immigration and so on." During the lunch, Martel said, it was suggested that Bannon's allies in Rome were probably gay, and Bannon agreed that was likely true. Martel told BuzzFeed News that Bannon invited him to lunch in Paris on May 19 to discuss his book. The book is based on years of reporting and describes an underground gay culture that allegedly pervades the top levels of the Vatican hierarchy. Bannon in his organization," and that he has only met with him "on occasion to discuss Catholic social teaching regarding certain political questions."īurke issued the statement in response to a post published June 24 on the anti-abortion LifeSite News that said Bannon had proposed making a movie of the book In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by left-wing French journalist Frédéric Martel. Bannon's statements regarding the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church," Burke said in a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday, highlighting Bannon's endorsement of letting priests marry.īurke also said, "I have never worked with Mr. "I disagree completely with a number of Mr. The news followed a report that stated Bannon endorses allowing priests to marry and that he believes a majority of clergy members in the Vatican are gay.Ĭardinal Raymond Burke, who was removed from a high-ranking Vatican post following clashes with Pope Francis, is the longtime chair of an organization in Rome working with Bannon to create a far-right political institute. An influential conservative cardinal with ties to Steve Bannon called their relationship quits on Tuesday.
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