The 60-year old archpriest of Taormina, Don Salvatore Sinito'', has been abruptly removed by the Archbishop of Messina. The case has raised a scandal in the Italian press.  On the one hand, the priest was commended for restoring and reopening the many small and historic chapels of the town but on the other hand he was criticised for turning the whole into a big money-making enterprise especially anything to do with weddings, which are very popular there. He had given new life to the saint of the town after the feast had fallen into neglect but he was criticised widely for the decision not to accompany dead persons to the cemetery but only to the church's porch. But the Italian press is also saying that according to rumours in the town, the archpriest had a lover, a young girl from the town.