Unsurprisingly, Cardinal Becciu, who has filed lawsuits against several news agencies for libel and/or defamation, announced that he instructed his lawyers to file a similar lawsuit against Msgr. Vatican judges ordered the prosecution to provide video tapes of his testimony to defense lawyers by Aug. Perlasca who had approached them on several occasions to give his testimony.Ĭardinal Becciu’s lawyers also argued that they had yet to receive the full contents of Msgr. The Vatican’s chief prosecutor countered the claims about flipping a suspect, saying that it was Msgr. Perlasca, whose office and home were raided by Vatican police during their investigation, provided investigators “with a precious contribution for the reconstruction of some central moments relating to the case of the London property.” Alberto Perlasca, the former head of the Vatican Secretariat of State’s administrative office, went from suspect to star witness.Īccording to the indictment, Msgr. “I am serene, I feel calm in my conscience, I have faith that the judges will know well the facts, and my great hope is that certainty they will recognize my innocence,” Cardinal Becciu said July 27 after the hearing concluded.ĭuring the trial, however, the cardinal’s lawyers questioned the fairness of the accusations against him, saying that he was not given the opportunity to give a statement to prosecutors during their investigation, while Msgr. VATICAN CITY (CNS) - On the first day of his trial at the Vatican, Cardinal Angelo Becciu turned to members of the press behind him to comment on the grueling seven-hour hearing.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, one of the defendants in a Vatican trial dealing with finances, has instructed his lawyers to file a lawsuit against Chaouqui, who was found guilty by a Vatican court in 2016 of leaking confidential documents about Vatican.(CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Francesca Chaouqui is seen after leaving the final session of the so-called “Vatileaks” trial at the Vatican July 7, 2016.

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