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posted by n1 on Wednesday November 25 2015, @07:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the god's-work dept.

The Vatican has charged five people, including Italian journalists in connection with leaked documents exposing corruption in the Church:

Two journalists and three former Vatican officials have been formally charged with "criminal misappropriation" and other crimes, the Vatican says, in a case tied to allegations of financial misdeeds by Catholic Church officials.

Those arrested include Spanish Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda and Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, who served on a special Vatican commission on economic reform that was assembled by Pope Francis shortly after he was elected in 2013. Vatican police arrested the pair earlier this month; Chaouqui was released after a brief detention, due to her cooperation with the authorities.

Also facing charges are Vallejo's secretary, Nicola Maio, as well as Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi — two journalists who published books this month that promise a rare glimpse into scandals and corruption in the Roman Catholic Church. Fittipaldi's book, Avarice, is currently No. 3 on the list of bestsellers on Amazon's Italian site, just behind Nuzzi's Way of the Cross. Nuzzi was also involved in the original "Vatileaks" scandal of 2012, when he published a book containing private Vatican documents and letters. Some say that scandal contributed to Pope Benedict's resignation.

In the current case, the reporters and Vatican officials formed an "organized crime association," according to the Holy See Press Office.


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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:46PM

    by isostatic (365) on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:46PM (#268028) Journal

    Fairly sure people don't get beheaded in St peters square.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @06:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @06:03PM (#268078)

    Parent post was obviously exhagerated but as an Italian living a few kilometers from there, I find disturbing that though the Vatican is a foreign state wrt Italy, still it often has a voice into Italian affairs, laws etc.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Thursday November 26 2015, @12:23PM

      by isostatic (365) on Thursday November 26 2015, @12:23PM (#268294) Journal

      still it often has a voice into Italian affairs, laws etc.

      More than the Vatican has a say in Irish affairs and laws?

      How about compared with Rupert Murdochs say in the UKs affairs and laws?

      Or Israel's control of the US government?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Wednesday November 25 2015, @08:21PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 25 2015, @08:21PM (#268125) Journal

    Not recently, but they used to burn them alive.

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    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @09:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @09:28PM (#268146)

      Not to mention they used the rack, stocks, pillories, thumb screws, the pear and Judas' Cradle (look these two up at your own risk. I'm not going to explain them) on pretty much anyone that didn't agree with them. Those with historic amnesia dutifully ignore these facts because after all, the church is alright now right? Oh, what's going on back there? uh... Private Church business (tm).

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:23PM

        by isostatic (365) on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:23PM (#268158) Journal

        So ISIS is as bad as the church used to be. Whoopee.

        Yes, Islam is about 600 years behind christianity, doesn't mean we have to like it, or go through another inquisition.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:26PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:26PM (#268160)

        Protestants used to burn people too. In England, they even dug up dead people they were mad at and "killed" them a second time.

        Nut cases exist in every religion. Hell, there are even nut-case atheists. Trying to make out like it's a problem with only one religion is nothing short of ridiculous.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:32AM (#268266)

    they protect child sex offenders instead

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:39AM (#268267)

    Fairly sure people don't get beheaded in St peters square.

    that might not happen anymore (though it probably did once upon a time)... now they just protect child molesters and pedophiles instead

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:43AM (#268268)

      derp. thought first one didn't work. my bad