NEW YORK — The Vatican tribunal said Wednesday it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his 'objectively inexplicable behavior' in paying a self-styled intelligence analyst over a half-million euros in Vatican money that she then spent on luxury items and vacations.

The city-state's tribunal issued 816 pages of written motivations from its Dec. 16 verdicts in the Vatican's 'trial of the century.' The two-year trial of 10 people was borne out of the Holy See's 350 million euro ($380 million) investment in a London property but grew to include a host of other financial dealings.