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