FILE - Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022. A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial trial voiced bitterness Friday, May 26, 2023 that the judges refused to compel prosecutors to turn over all their evidence, saying he cannot properly defend himself from “the nightmare of these accusations.” Cardinal Angelo Becciu spoke out in court after Judge Giuseppe Pignatone rejected his lawyers’ latest appeal for access to the material.
Cardinal blasts vendettas, 'plots against me' in Vatican financial trial
A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial crimes case has complained he can't properly defend himself because prosecutors have withheld key evidence
FILE - Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022. A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial trial voiced bitterness Friday, May 26, 2023 that the judges refused to compel prosecutors to turn over all their evidence, saying he cannot properly defend himself from “the nightmare of these accusations.” Cardinal Angelo Becciu spoke out in court after Judge Giuseppe Pignatone rejected his lawyers’ latest appeal for access to the material.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial crimes case complained Friday that he can't properly defend himself from “the nightmare of these accusations” because prosecutors have withheld key evidence from the defense.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu spoke out in court after Judge Giuseppe Pignatone rejected his lawyers’ latest appeal for access to the material. In a decree read aloud Friday, Pignatone sided with prosecutors who have argued that the redacted interrogation transcripts and WhatsApp chats are now part of another investigation and must remain secret.
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