Cardinal Becciu Convicted: Vatican Sentences Former Adviser to Prison for Corruption
Legal and security experts believe that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and the other defendants convicted in the Vatican's corruption trial are unlikely to serve time in prison anytime soon, if at all. Becciu and others have already announced appeals, and a new trial is not expected to start until the end of next year. Normally, defendants awaiting appeals in Vatican cases are allowed to remain free unless they have committed violent crimes or are a flight risk. Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, lives in the Vatican and could potentially be pardoned by Pope Francis. The Vatican has a small prison facility but it is rarely used for long-term sentences.
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- Vatican Sentences Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu to Over 5 Years for Fraud The New York Times
- Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ sees cardinal given five-and-a-half-year jail sentence CNN
- Pope's former adviser jailed over Vatican corruption scandal The Independent
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