Vatican scandal, request for judgment. Becciu opposes secret State on Marogna: “Pope agreed”

He entrenched himself behind the state secret, also calling into question the Pope, Cardinal Angelo Becciu at the request of the Vatican investigators to clarify relations with Cecilia Marogna, accused of embezzlement with the former Substitute in relation to the 575 thousand euros paid to her by the secretariat of state which, according to the prosecution, would have been spent on luxury goods. In a statement reported in the request for summons from the Office of the Vatican promoter of Justice, Becciu explains: “He categorically denies having ever, contrary to what he disputed, stolen, appropriating and converting it into profit, the contested sum of 575,000 euros (or , indeed, any other), I believe, pursuant to art. 248, c. 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, and above all in conscience, that he cannot be questioned on these facts and circumstances and on the decisions taken, moreover agreed with the Holy Father, because they constitute political secrecy concerning the security of the State “. consented to be questioned by the Vatican investigators, his version was given to the Report journalists, explaining, it is reported in the request, “that the Cardinal had been instructed by the Cardinal to carry out dossier activities, on figures inside the Vatican, as a service parallel secret “. In his statement, Becciu explained that he had met Cecilia Marogna in 2016 when,” who presented to his office to propose intelligence services, he hijacked her to the Gendarmerie “:” I met Mrs. Marogna in October 2016, following a a request for presentation in which she introduced herself as an expert in diplomacy and intelligence services. I agree to a cognitive meeting, even after having acquired information from privileged sources, as my custom in the case of presentations for office reasons, on the effective knowledge of the Lady and her competence in knowing and dealing with such topics. During the meeting, the Lady explained to me her skills and we talked about them generically. At the conclusion, however, I shared the uselessness, at present, for my Office, of such a professional figure, inviting her to contact, if necessary, the Gendarmerie Offices, which it seemed to me could, for reasons of matter, be a more qualified interlocutor “.” Apart from the requirements of the State Secret, which this Office obviously does not intend to question – the Vatican investigators underline in the request -, what is clearly not acceptable on a logical level, nor plausible on a juridical one, is that they can be deemed to be covered by secret expenses which, with all the necessary efforts, in no way can be traced back to intelligence activities “.