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Vatican finances

Prosecutors living in ‘parallel reality,’ Vatican court hears

Lawyers for Raffaele Mincione accused prosecutors of 'bending' the facts to make their case

The Pillar
Dec 05, 2023
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Lawyers for the businessman who sold a London building to the Secretariat of State accused Vatican prosecutors of living in a “parallel reality” Monday, during the financial trial’s 80th and penultimate hearing.

The legal team for Raffaele Mincione, the Anglo-Italian investment manager, told judges in the landmark trial that the prosecution’s case was “w…

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