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Angelo Caloia

President of the Institute for the Works of Religion until 2009 (appointed 1989 per the Financial Times); convicted by the Vatican Tribunal in 2021.

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  1. head of Institute for the Works of Religion (president) 1989–2009
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Sale of IOR properties, 2002-2007

  1. 21 Jan 2021 Convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State: embezzlement and self-laundering; eight years and eleven months 1
  2. 22 Jul 2022 Convicted by Vatican Court of Appeal: appeal rejected; sentence final 23Crux (Catholic News Service) reports the sentences were cut by five months on appeal; the Vatican's July 2022 statement itself was not read.

Caloia led the Institute for the Works of Religion until 2009. A Vatican court found that he and a lawyer kept part of the proceeds of bank property sales; see Vatican trial over sales of IOR properties.

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  • Institute for the Works of Religion 1989–2009 president Scholarship & press 234

    Sources differ on the start: the Financial Times says 1989, OCCRP says two decades ending in 2009, Crux says 1999.

convicted by

  • Tribunal of Vatican City State 21 Jan 2021 embezzlement and self-laundering; eight years and eleven months Primary record 1
  • Vatican Court of Appeal 22 Jul 2022 appeal rejected; sentence final Scholarship & press 23

    Crux (Catholic News Service) reports the sentences were cut by five months on appeal; the Vatican's July 2022 statement itself was not read.

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  1. 1989–2009 Angelo Caloia head of Institute for the Works of Religion
  2. 21 Jan 2021 Angelo Caloia convicted by Tribunal of Vatican City State
  3. 22 Jul 2022 Angelo Caloia convicted by Vatican Court of Appeal
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  1. Holy See Press Office Communique, 21.01.2021, Holy See Press Office, 21 Jan 2021. Primary record Archived copy
    The defendants Caloia and Liuzzo Gabriele were found guilty of several counts of embezzlement from the I.O.R. and others of aggravated embezzlement from SGIR s.r.l., as well as of the crime of self-laundering
    sentenced to a total of eight years and eleven months' imprisonment and a fine of 12,500.00 euros each
    the Court found evidence that in some cases the defendants actually appropriated part of the money paid by the buyers, or in any case money from the IOR and SGIR, for a total amount of approximately 19 million euros
    The defendants were acquitted of the charges relating to the sale of those properties for which it was not proven that they had appropriated money
    the former president of the IOR, Professor Angelo Caloia, and lawyer Gabriele Liuzzo
  2. Appeals court upholds sentence against former Vatican bank president, Crux (Catholic News Service), 22 Jul 2022. Scholarship & press
    the Vatican appellate court rejected an appeal made by Angelo Caloia
    Their sentences were reduced by five months after two charges were dropped due to lack of evidence and the statute of limitations had passed.
    Angelo Caloia, who served as president of the Institute for the Works of Religion from 1999 to 2009
  3. Vatican Court Rejects Disgraced Bankers' Appeal, OCCRP, 26 Jul 2022. Scholarship & press
    It is now up to the Promoter's Office to execute the sentence, which has now become irrevocable against Professor Caloia
    Angelo Caloia, 81, led the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) for two decades, ending in 2009.
  4. Pope's top banker in money laundering probe, Financial Times (via BishopAccountability.org), 21 Sep 2010. Scholarship & press
    Angelo Caloia, Mr Gotti Tedeschi's predecessor, was appointed in 1989
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