For the first time in history, a cardinal is sentenced to 5.5 years in the Vatican
Kyiv • UNN
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been sentenced by a Vatican court to 5.5 years in prison for fraud related to the purchase of real estate in London. This is the first time a cardinal has been convicted in the Vatican.
Vatican court sentences cardinal to five and a half years in prison Angelo Beccia in a case of fraud in the purchase of real estate in an elite in an elite area of London with church funds. This was reported by Radio RMF24, according to UNN.
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It is noted that this verdict was announced after two and a half years of and a half years of the trial, which, in addition to the cardinal close to the Pope nine other people were tried.
The investigation found that Bechchu and other defendants in the case were responsible for the violations and abuses committed during the procedure. They were also charged with providing false information and fraud.
The corruption scheme involved the purchase of an overpriced a building in the Chelsea neighborhood of London with funds from donations from parishioners of the Catholic Church parishioners. According to law enforcement, the suspects enriched themselves by more than more than 200 million euros.
The prosecution demanded seven years and three months in prison. At the time of the plea deal, 75-year-old Becciu was the Vatican's undersecretary of state for general affairs. He never admitted his guilt. did not plead guilty. This is the first precedent in the Vatican when a sentence was passed on a to a cardinal.