Three convicted of mis-managing Sistine Choir

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 10 - Three people including a Msgr were convicted Tuesday by a Vatican court of mis-managing the Sistine Chapel Choir.
    The trial on the financial management of the Choir of the Pontifical Musical Chapel ended after a year and a half, Vatican News reported.
    The Vatican Court, presided over by Giuseppe Pignatone, concluded the criminal proceedings, initiated on May 24, 2023, with a first-instance ruling sentencing the former director Monsignor Massimo Palombella to 3 years and 2 months in prison, a 9,000 euro fine, and a ban from holding public office for a period equal to the length of the prison sentence; the former financial director Michelangelo Nardella to 4 years and 8 months in prison; a 7,000 euro fine, and a lifelong ban from holding public office; while Nardella's wife, Simona Rossi, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, a 5,000 euro fine and a lifelong ban from holding public office, Vatican News said. (ANSA).