The so-called Vatileaks 2
trial into the leaking of classified Holy See documents to two
investigative reporters resumes at the weekend.
An evidentiary hearing is set to take place behind closed
doors Saturday in the Holy See. The court will decide which
parts of the evidence will be heard at trial.
The five defendants will take the stand Monday and
Tuesday.
Journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi are
charged with spreading classified information, while Monsignor
Lucio Vallejo Balda, PR expert Francesca Chaouqui, and Balda's
former assistant Nicola Maio are accused of criminal association
and conspiracy to leak classified documents.
Nuzzi and Fittipaldi authored best-selling books The Way of
the Cross and Avarice, documenting alleged Vatican waste and
mismanagement and lavish spending by clergymen
Vallejo has said he gave Nuzzi a password to a Vatican
archive under pressure from Chaouqui, while the latter puts all
the blame for leaking the documents on the prelate.
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