
392 - History's Worst Popes
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The History of the Vatican's Crimes
In 1998, commander of the guard, Eloise Esterman and his wife were murdered by Young Swiss guard Cedric Torne. The Vatican were very hush hush about it all. After a short internal investigation insisted that the couple were killed by the younger soldier Torne who then turned the gun on himself because he was bitter at having been passed over for a medal. But there have been many theories put forward over the years through books published.
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