It was announced today that, as a result of Vatican intervention at the highest level, the author of this blog, Cesare Borgia, has been expelled from the Boy Scouts and stripped of all his badges and insignia. The expulsion was announced at a special meeting convened by the Chief Scout. The blog was deemed “gravely offensive and disrespectful to the person of the Holy Father” and its author’s conduct “gravely incompatible with the high ideals of scouting”.

Our lawyers are considering appropriate action.

*In view of recent revelations in the Catholic Church we should point out that no double entendre was intended.