Benedict aide’s tell-all book will expose ‘dark manoeuvres’

The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is laid out in state as Father Georg Gaenswein stands nearby (Andrew Medichini/AP/PA)

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that his publisher has promised would tell the truth about the “blatant calumnies”, “dark manoeuvres”, mysteries and scandals that sullied the reputation of a pontiff best known for his historic resignation.

Archbishop Georg Gaenswein’s Nothing But The Truth: My Life Beside Pope Benedict XVI is being published this month by the Piemme imprint of Italian publisher Mondadori.