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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Clement MELKI, Alice RITCHIE

Historic Vatican Fraud Trial To Deliver Its Verdict

Becciu is the most senior Catholic clergyman to face justice in the Vatican City State (Credit: AFP)

A Vatican court delivers its verdict on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes.

Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was once considered a papal contender himself, is the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church to face a Vatican criminal court.

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