One leaked memo, later confirmed by journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, mentioned an unnamed Swiss Guard officer who had been “pressured to resign” after an affair with a monsignor was discovered. That officer reportedly possessed compromising photographs of senior Vatican officials—including cardinals—in private apartments. The Guard was reassigned to Switzerland, and the matter was buried.
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More explosively, in 2018, the Italian magazine L’Espresso published claims from former Swiss Guard officer . Gloor alleged that “a group of senior Vatican officials, including some close to the Pope, use their influence to recruit young guardsmen for sexual favors.” While Gloor later retracted some claims under Vatican threat of excommunication, he did not retract a specific statement: “The Swiss Guard commands two soldiers who were blackmailed after being filmed in private apartments of monsignors.” One leaked memo, later confirmed by journalist Gianluigi