Pope Leo XII, on a visit to the jail of the Papal States in 1825, insisted on questioning each of the prisoners as to how he had come to be there. Almost every man protested his innocence. Only one humbly admitted that he was a forger and a thief.
Turning to the prison superintendent, Pope Leo said sternly, "Release this rascal at once! I do not wish that his presence should corrupt all these noble gentlemen here!"
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