December will be a decisive month for Cardinal Becciu as his sentence is expected to be issued before the 16th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cardinal is among those accused of carrying out a real estate operation in London that caused the Vatican to lose millions of dollars in payments to intermediaries and in the sale and purchase of a building in the city. The Vatican has not given exact figures, but it is estimated that the sale and purchase operation alone could have generated about $150 million in losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time of the operation, Cardinal Becciu was the Vatican substitute for the Secretary of State. The prosecutor has asked for him to receive a 7-year 3-month prison sentence, a fine of about $11,000, that $15 million be confiscated as restitution and that he be banned from holding public office in the Vatican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charges against the cardinal include embezzlement, abuse of office and pressuring one of the main witnesses\u2014all of which he strongly denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the first time in history that a civil court composed of lay people has tried a cardinal on Vatican territory. Pope Francis has already taken some action regarding Cardinal Becciu. The Pope has relieved him of his duties as a cardinal, including, for example, the possibility of participating in a future conclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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