A Vatican court on
Tuesday rejected a defence motion to dismiss a case against
journalist Emiliano Fittipaldi.
The defence argued it can't make a case for its client
because the court hasn't specified the charges.
The Vatican has indicted Fittipaldi and another journalist
and author, Gianluigi Nuzzi, in the so-called Vatileaks 2 case
along with three others.
Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, his former assistant
Nicola Maio and PR expert Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui were
charged with leaking classified Vatican documents.
Nuzzi and Fittipaldi are on trial for using the leaked
material in books documenting alleged waste and mismanagement in
the Vatican and lavish spending by clergymen.
Fittipaldi told the court he can't defend himself because
the indictment "doesn't contain the least description of the
charges against me - not even an implicit one".
The court failed to say what leaked documents he is
supposed to have used in his recently published book, Avarice.
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