Italian court lifts Torzi restrictions in setback for Vatican prosecutors

News: Vatican finances

Italy’s highest appeals court has lifted court-ordered financial restrictions on Gianluigi Torzi, the broker at the center of the Vatican financial scandal, according to the businessman’s lawyers. 

The Oct. 13 decision is believed to have unfrozen some of Torzi’s assets, and lifted restrictions on Torzi’s business activities. While the Associated Press s…