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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Winfield

Vatican prosecutors suffer embarrassing loss as tribunal says their appeal is inadmissible

Vatican Trial - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Vatican appeals tribunal put an end to prosecutors’ efforts to salvage their claims of massive fraud in the Holy See’s “Trial of the Century,” in which a once-powerful cardinal and nine others were accused of fleecing tens of millions of euros from the church before being acquitted on many charges.

The tribunal declared inadmissable the prosecutor’s requests to overturn acquittals on dozens of charges, saying they had failed to provide specific reasons for their appeal within the right timeframe.

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