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