Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, the
former bishop of the northern city of Savona and the current
president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the
Apostolic See, is under investigation for alleged involvement in
embezzlement relating the management of an institute to support
the clergy in Liguria, according to press reports on Tuesday.
Prosecutors suspect Calcagno endorsed a strategy used by
the institute's former president Don Pietro Tartarotti (up to
2014) and his deputy Gianmichele Baldi (up to October 2013), Il
Secolo XIX and La Stampa report.
Tartarotti and Baldi are reportedly being probed for
alleged embezzlement.
Prosecutors are reportedly investigating real-estate
investments that allegedly caused debts of a ''few million
euros''.
Among the operations being probed is an investment in a
large structure on the coast of Celle Ligure, called 'Colonie
Bergamasche', which was meant to have been turned into a
residential complex and luxury hotel.
Calcagno's successor in Savona, Bishop Vittorio Lupi, put
the institute into the hands of administrators after Tartarotti
and Baldi resigned.
Calcagno said Tuesday that he was not worried about being
probed as he did nothing wrong.
"I learned from press reports that I an under investigator
for issues dating back to the period when I was bishop of
Savona," Calcagno told ANSA.
"I'm serene about the work I did. I trust the Italian
judiciary and am confident that the case will develop in a
positive way"
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