Cardinal Becciu sentenced to five and a half years in jail
A Vatican tribunal Saturday sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison for his role in various financial crimes.
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A Vatican tribunal Saturday sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison for his role in various financial crimes.
Verdicts were handed down Saturday in the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” involving charges of financial crime against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other defendants.
A Vatican tribunal has condemned Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison.
It marked the first time Cardinal Pietro Parolin has been heard during the two and a half year-long trial, despite the fact that decisions in the disputed $400 million real estate transaction in London were approved by Parolin on multiple occasions.
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