Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, has faced renewed criticism from the Roman Catholic Church over his links to Noemi Letizia, 18, a model from Naples.
Mr Berlusconi, 72, is said to be alarmed by the possible impact of the affair on the Catholic vote in next month’s European elections.
Alessandro Plotti, former Archbishop of Pisa and former vice-president of the Italian Bishop’s Conference (CEI) said: “Matters that so heavily involve the private life of a head of state cannot but harm his personal credibility.”
As the CEI held its annual general assembly in Rome the archbishop, a senior and respected voice in the Church, said that the “media storm” surrounding the case risked “transforming immoral choices into signs of success, examples of a power that allows itself to do anything.”
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