Cardinal Angelo Becciu insists on his innocence and will appeal his conviction

The Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciusentenced this Saturday for Vatican Court serving 5 years and 6 months in prison for a financial scandal, he defended his innocence and announced his intention to appeal the sentence.

“We respect the sentence, we will read the motivations, but we remain certain that sooner or later the absurdity of the accusation against the cardinal will be recognized and, therefore, the truth: Your eminence is innocent“, said his lawyers in a statement. Maria Concetta Marzo and Fabio Viglione.

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His defenders indicated that they will appeal the sentence in the first degree now “the evidence that emerged during the process and the origin of the accusation against the cardinal “They are the result of a proven machination against him.”

Becciu, 75 years old and first cardinal tried by a criminal court in the VaticanHe was sentenced today to 5 years and 6 months in prison for a case of financial irregularities, as well as paying a fine of 8,000 euros and perpetual disqualification from public office.

A total of ten people remained accused at the trial, nine of whom were convicted to varying degrees, all except one who was the cardinal’s secretary, Mauro Carlinoacquitted.

One of them, Fabrizio Tirabassiemployee of the Administrative Office of the Vatican Secretariat of State, was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison.

The sentences also fell on financial brokers and real estate operation mediators, accused of profiting from and defrauding the Holy See.

Enrico Crasso He was sentenced to 7 years in prison and a fine of 10,000 euros; Raffaele Mincione to 5 and a half years; Nicola Squillace to one year and ten months in prison; It is Gianluigi Torzi to 6 years and nine months, all with a ban on public office.

The businesswoman Cecilia Marognacounselor of Becciu and presented in Vatican circles as an expert in diplomacy, she was also sentenced to 3 years and nine months in prison, with a “temporary” ban on holding public office.

Source: Elcomercio

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