According to to historian Edward Gibbon
The more scandalous charges were suppressed; the vicar of Christ was accused only of piracy, rape, sodomy, murder and incest
Was there any merit to this accusations or was the trial politically motivated? If legit, were there any actual more severe accusations that were not included in the trial? Were such practices common of popes in this era?
Here is an answer from /u/jezreelite that goes into depth on this question.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dh18q9/comment/f3lwszk