[9] In 1980, following revelations from the Italian Social Movement senator Giorgio Pisanò, Bisaglia became embroiled in a scandal connected to oil affairs, together with Sereno Freato,[10] former secretary of Aldo Moro (DC national leader – as well as main member of the Dorotei – and Italy's prime minister, who had been killed by the Red Brigades in 1978).

[1] Pecorelli had been killed by the Mafia a few years before, and was also involved in the Moro affair, as well as in numerous others connected to DC leader Giulio Andreotti, the masonic lodge Propaganda 2, and the Italian Secret Services.

[15] Bisaglia's body was diagnosed to have "immediately drowned", although the sea was calm and he was a good swimmer, which led some observers to find the reported cause of death dubious.

[11] At the time, he was investigating the former minister's death[1] and, according to one reconstruction, had come to Cadore to ask the pope (who was in vacation in the area) for dispensation from the confessional seal to reveal what he had discovered.

[15] Other people who were also sojourning in Cadore when the priest died included Giulio Andreotti, Francesco Cossiga and Propaganda 2 Grand Master, Licio Gelli.