Leftists outraged after Italian bishop’s secretary posts ‘pride’ swastika flag
After backlash from LGBT activists, Bishop Franco Lovignana distanced his diocese from the post but declined to comment on the post’s content, further enraging leftists. Gilbert Turcotti, the personal secretary of Bishop Franco Lovignana of Aosta, Italy, marked a local LGBT “pride” parade on Saturday by posting an image turning a rainbow “pride” flag into a swastika on his personal WhatsApp page, enraging leftists. Turcotti’s since-deleted September 26 post, coinciding with the Aosta Pride Parade, shows four “pride” flags meeting to form a swastika, with the caption “Questione di prospettiva…” (“A matter of perspective”), quickly leading to outrage from leftists, per Italian media. After backlash from LGBT activists, Bishop Lovignana issued a statement distancing the diocese from the post, saying that official posts are only found on the diocese’s official channels, but declining to comment on the post’s content, further outraging the leftists. This is the image posted on WhatsAp...