Reuters, 31/03 16:31 CET
VATICAN CITY
(Reuters) – The Vatican said on Thursday it is investigating two former
officials over claims money meant for a children’s hospital was used to
refurbish a cardinal’s luxury apartment.
Costly work at former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal
Tarcisio Bertone’s flat — seeming to clash with Pope Francis’s
recommendations that church officials live as modestly as he — caused a
scandal when allegations emerged that the Bambino Gesu Hospital
foundation had helped foot the bill.
Giuseppe Profiti, former manager at the Vatican-owned
Bambino Gesu, and its ex-treasurer Massimo Spina are being investigated,
Vatican press officer Greg Burke said, confirming a report in Italian
magazine L’Espresso.
Efforts to track down the two men, who no longer work at the hospital, were not immediately successful.
A lawyer for Bertone, who is not being investigated, said
in a statement on Thursday the cardinal had never asked for or authorized any payment from the hospital foundation relating to his
apartment.
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Source: Euronews
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