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Last Updated: Jul 16, 2008 - 9:00:44 AM |
Gay godfathers are scared of coming out in the Italian Mafia for fear
of being ridiculed or murdered, an anti-Mob prosecutor said.
Antonio Ingroia, who has helped bring several bosses to justice, said:
"Being gay is still a taboo for Italian society in general, let alone
the Mafia, which is an archaic organisation.
"These bosses have to cover their homosexuality; they're afraid because
they risk being ridiculed and killed."
Mr Ingroia said that the American Mafia had "a more broad-minded
attitude towards gays and so gay bosses can come out."
Times have certainly changed. In 2003, a mob informer told a New York
court that the gay head of the mafia family on which The Sopranos
series based was executed by his own men because they feared the family
would be ridiculed by the rest of the underworld.
Anthony Capo told the trial: "Nobody's gonna respect us if we have a
gay homosexual boss sitting down discussing Cosa Nostra business."
John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato, head of the De Cavalcante family, the
biggest in the state of New Jersey, was shot dead in 1992 after it was
rumoured that he had relationships with other men.
Capo told the court: "It shocked me he couldn't be acting that way - he
was a leader of men."
Mr Ingroia, who is based in Palermo, the mob stronghold of Sicily, also
urged Pope Benedict XVI to take a tougher stance against the Mafia.
His predecessor, John Paul II, is widely remembered for his
condemnation of the Mob, most notably during a trip to Sicily in 1993
when he warned its members that they, too, would one day "face God's
judgment."
Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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