Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as
among 10 people sent to trial by a Vatican court at the weekend
in relation to a loss-making investment in a controversial
property deal regarding a building on Sloane Avenue in London.
Becciu, who last year resigned as the Prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints, is accused of
embezzlement and abuse of office in relation to alleged
wrongdoing when he was the Vatican's Substitute of the
Secretariat of State.
The trial will begin with a hearing on 27 July.
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