Vatican court re-indicts 4 in London property deal

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 25 - A Vatican court on Tuesday re-indicted four defendants on charges of mismanaging the Holy See's finances in buying a London property on Sloane Avenue and ordered their case to be reunited with that of another six starting from February 18.
    The four are Mons. Mauro Carlino, ex secretary of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, financier Raffaele Mincione, lawyer Nicola Squillace, and Vatican functionary Fabrizio Tirabassi.
    On November 19 Msgr Alberto Perlasca was cleared of corruption in the controversial and allegedly inflated property deal.
    The former official of the Vatican's Secretariat of State did not knowingly take part in the "numerous fraudulent operations proved by the promotor of justice's office," said Vatican judge Paolo Papanti Pelletier.
    On October 6 a Vatican court dropped the case against Cardinal Becciu, the highest-ranked Catholic cleric ever to face charges of financial crimes.
    Becciu, who in 2020 resigned as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was accused of embezzlement and abuse of office in relation to when he was the Vatican's Substitute of the Secretariat of State.
    photo: Mincione (ANSA).