Sassari preliminary hearings judge
(GUP) Sergio De Luca on Monday indicted nine people, including
Antonino Becciu, the brother of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and the
bishop of Ozieri, Corrado Melis, on embezzling and money
laundering charges over their management of 2 million euros in
funds from Italy's 8x1,000 personal income tax devolution to the
Catholic Church which were earmarked for the diocese.
The trial is scheduled to start on April 9.
Last month, prosecutor Gianni Caria in the Sardinian city had
filed a request to indict the nine suspects.
The other people involved in the case include the local director
of Catholic charity Caritas, Father Mario Curzu and the parish
priest of San Nicola in charge of the diocese's funds, Father
Francesco Ledda, who have denied through their defence teams the
illicit use of the funding they received from the Vatican's
Secretary of State and the Italian Bishops' Conference CEI.
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