It would seem that while the pope has a live and let live attitude to the clergy having sex with children the thought of a couple of gays in the Vatican seems to have been too much to bear and was one of the reasons he quit. Can a pope not talk to God in peace without those sneaky homosexuals hanging around?
Italian daily La Repubblica this morning sensationally claims that Pope Benedict's resignation was at least partly prompted by an internal report prepared by three senior cardinals, alleging that various lobbies, including a gay lobby, exercise an "inappropriate influence" in internal Holy See affairs.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0221/breaking21.html