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At embezzlement trial, lawyers 'surprised' by Vatican prosecution's request

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:19:39 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- A request by Vatican prosecutors to withdraw testimony in a megatrial regarding financial malfeasance prompted defense lawyers to call for the case to be thrown out.

Vatican criminal trial begins against priests accused in abuse case

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:15:21 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Dressed in a black polo shirt with a sweater draped around his shoulders, Father Gabriele Martinelli, 28, heard a Vatican criminal court accuse him of repeatedly sexually abusing a younger student at a minor seminary inside the Vatican.

In case related to abuse at minor seminary, two priests face trial at Vatican

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:50:01 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Two priests connected to a minor seminary located at the Vatican will appear before a Vatican criminal court Oct. 14 on charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of students at the seminary.

Embezzlement trial of former Vatican bank official begins

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Thu, 10 May 2018 10:32:24 -0400

VATICAN – The Vatican has accused a former director of the Vatican bank and his lawyer of money laundering and embezzlement, saying the men skimmed an estimated 57 million euros (about $68 million) off profits from the sale of Vatican properties.

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VatiLeaks: Investigator says consultant admitted leaking documents

Tue, 24 May 2016 17:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – A former consultant to a pontifical commission who denied to a Vatican court that she leaked documents about the Vatican's financial reform to an Italian journalist had admitted to sending the documents when she was first interrogated, a Vatican policeman said.

Order in the court: 'VatiLeaks' trial testifies to unique legal process

Sat, 14 May 2016 10:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – The latest "VatiLeaks" trial seemed to have all the makings of a classic courtroom thriller: financial scandal, secrets leaked by an insider and journalists defending their right to blow the whistle on allegations of corruption within a state that is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.

At Vatican trial, witness says author had right to publish documents

Mon, 09 May 2016 12:30:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – Italian journalist and author Gianluigi Nuzzi did not plot the release of leaked Vatican financial documents with another journalist and was well within his rights to publish the information he received from a Spanish monsignor, a defense witness told a Vatican court.

'VatiLeaks' trial: Author says he had duty to publish private documents

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:23:47 -0400

An Italian journalist said he was given private documents by a Vatican official detailing problems with financial reforms and that he had a duty to publish them.

Defendant in 'VatiLeaks' trial denies giving documents to reporters

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – The man who served as executive secretary of a commission Pope Francis established to study Vatican finances said he never gave documents of any kind to Italian journalists and, in fact, met the two reporters only when he and they entered a Vatican courtroom to face charges connected to the leaking of the documents.