A Vatican court on Tuesday
re-indicted four defendants on charges of mismanaging the Holy
See's finances in buying a London property on Sloane Avenue and
ordered their case to be reunited with that of another six
starting from February 18.
The four are Mons. Mauro Carlino, ex secretary of Cardinal
Angelo Becciu, financier Raffaele Mincione, lawyer Nicola
Squillace, and Vatican functionary Fabrizio Tirabassi.
On November 19 Msgr Alberto Perlasca was cleared of
corruption in the controversial and allegedly inflated property
deal.
The former official of the Vatican's Secretariat of State did
not knowingly take part in the "numerous fraudulent operations
proved by the promotor of justice's office," said Vatican judge
Paolo Papanti Pelletier.
On October 6 a Vatican court dropped the case against Cardinal
Becciu, the highest-ranked Catholic cleric ever to face charges
of financial crimes.
Becciu, who in 2020 resigned as the Prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was accused of
embezzlement and abuse of office in relation to when he was the
Vatican's Substitute of the Secretariat of State.
photo: Mincione
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