Vatican Bank IOR has opened an
internal probe into the activities of former deputy director
general Giulio Mattietti, dismissed and escorted out of the
Vatican on Monday, well-informed sources told ANSA Thursday.
The sudden and drastic way he was removed was linked to the
need to make sure he would not remove documents, they said.
The probe will focus on those documents and on his computer
files, the sources said.
Mattietti's office at IOR has been closed, although it has
not been sealed off, the sources said.
IOR said Wednesday it had sacked Mattietti for so-far unknown
reasons.
The deputy head of the Vatican Press Office, Paloma García
Ovejero, told ANSA that Mattietti "ceased his service on Monday
November 27".
Mattietti was appointed in November 2015 along with
Director-General Gian Franco Mammì.
Another IOR staffer was also sacked recently, sources said.
IOR, Istituto per le Opere Religiose (Institute for Religious
Works) has been through a painful process of reform recently
after past financial scandals.
Mattietti had had a successful career at the IOR and had been
tipped by some for the top job.
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