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Angelo Becciu

Cardinal; formerly Substitute in the Vatican Secretariat of State; convicted by the Vatican Tribunal in 2023.

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Vatican Secretariat of State funds trial

  1. 16 Dec 2023 Convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State: embezzlement (three counts); five years and six months 123Vatican News, which summarises the judgment, says three counts of embezzlement; ANSA says two of embezzlement and one of aggravated fraud, and repeated that in March 2026. Both are given here. On 17 March 2026 the Court of Appeal declared the first trial relatively null in part and ordered parts redone; ANSA says the 2023 conviction stands for the time being. Becciu says he is innocent.

Becciu was Substitute of the Secretariat of State when it paid money into a fund in 2013 and 2014. He has said he is innocent; see Vatican trial over Secretariat of State funds.

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  • Tribunal of Vatican City State 16 Dec 2023 embezzlement (three counts); five years and six months Scholarship & press 123

    Vatican News, which summarises the judgment, says three counts of embezzlement; ANSA says two of embezzlement and one of aggravated fraud, and repeated that in March 2026. Both are given here. On 17 March 2026 the Court of Appeal declared the first trial relatively null in part and ordered parts redone; ANSA says the 2023 conviction stands for the time being. Becciu says he is innocent.

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  1. 16 Dec 2023 Angelo Becciu convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State
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  1. Vatican trial defendants sentenced to total of 37 years in prison, Vatican News, 16 Dec 2023. Scholarship & press
    Cardinal Becciu was found guilty of three counts of embezzlement
    at the behest of the then Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu
    Five years and six months imprisonment, plus perpetual interdiction from public office and an eight thousand euro fine
    In contrast, defendants Mincione, Torzi, Tirabassi, Becciu, Squillace, Crasso, Di Ruzza and Brulhart were acquitted of all other crimes charged against them.
  2. I want to shout I'm innocent to the world - Becciu, ANSA, 18 Dec 2023. Scholarship & press
    sentenced him to five and a half years in jail
  3. Becciu says hopes complete innocence recognized soon, ANSA, 18 Mar 2026. Scholarship & press
    The court, while ordering a new trial, said that Becciu's conviction stands for the time being.
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