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2nd complaint filed agst France nuncio

Msgr Luigi Ventura alleged to be sex pest

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Paris, February 18 - A second complaint of sexual assault has been filed against the Vatican nuncio in France, Le Monde said Monday.
    Another Paris city council clerk, 39-year-old Benjamin G, has reported Monsignor Luigi Ventura, the French daily said.
    On Friday Le Monde said Ventura had been placed under investigation by Paris prosecutors on suspicion of "sexual attacks" on a young functionary on the Paris council.
    The "aggressions" are said to have taken place during a reception at the Hotel de Ville on January 17, the French daily said.
    Originally from Lombardy, Ventura is 74 and has been the Vatican's envoy to Paris since 2009.
    Interim director the of the Vatican press office Alessandro Gisotti told journalists: "The Holy See has learned from the press that an investigation has been launched by French authorities into Msgr Luigi Ventura, Apostolic Nuncio in Paris.
    "The Holy See is awaiting the result of the investigations".
   

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