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What’s in the ‘Perlasca tapes?’

A Pillar Explainer

The Pillar
Dec 03, 2021
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Since the day the Vatican’s criminal financial trial began in July, prosecutors and defense lawyers have fought over tapes containing statements made to investigators by Msgr. Alberto Perlasca, a former senior official at the Secretariat of State. 

The Vatican’s Office of the Promoter of Justice has argued since July that the defense couldn’t be trusted …

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