Vatican scandal, Becciu: “I am the victim of a machination”

“I am the victim of a plot hatched against me, and I have been waiting for a long time to hear any allegations against me, to promptly allow myself to deny them and prove to the world my absolute innocence”. Cardinal Angelo Becciu breaks the silence after the news of the indictment as part of the investigation linked to the scandal of the London palace that will see him go to trial with 9 others on July 27th. Read also “In these long months – writes the cardinal through the lawyer Fabio Viglione – he invented everything about my person, exposing me to an unparalleled media pillory to which I did not lend myself, suffering in silence, also for the respect the protection of the Church, to which I have dedicated my entire life. Only considering this great injustice as a test of faith can I find the strength to fight this battle of truth. “.” Finally – says Becciu – the moment for clarification is coming , and the Court will be able to find the absolute falsity of the accusations against me and the dark plots that evidently supported and fed them “.