Cardinal sentenced to 5.5 years for fraud

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 18, 2023 12:08 am

(UPDATE) VATICAN CITY, Holy See: A Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a once powerful Italian cardinal to five years and six months in jail for financial crimes at the end of a historic trial.

Angelo Becciu, 75, a former adviser to Pope Francis who was once considered a papal contender himself, was the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church to face a Vatican criminal court.

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