A Vatican tribunal upholds its conviction of Cardinal Angelo Becciu for misappropriation in $200 Million London real estate deal, citing direct involvement and ignored risks
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In a new 800-page filing to further explain the guilty verdict, the Vatican tribunal said Becciu inappropriately used Vatican funds and acted with “direct and personal intervention” to pursue the investment of a building at 60 Sloane Avenue, in an upmarket district of London. Becciu’s lawyers said in a statement Wednesday that they would be reviewing the new filing, and that the trial demonstrated the cardinal’s “absolute innocence”.The trial, which exposed infighting and intrigue in the highest echelons of the Vatican, lasted for 86 hearings over two-and-a-half years. It revolved mostly around the messy purchase of the London building by the Secretariat of State, the Vatican’s key administrative and diplomatic department.
Becciu was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2018 and tasked with leading the Vatican’s department for Catholic saints. But he was fired by Francis in 2020 for alleged nepotism, which he also denies.
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