Vatican, Cardinal Becciu: “My absolute innocence, my conduct”

“For me, priest, it will not be easy to speak because I am torn apart by a profound inner conflict, since if on the one hand the search for judicial truth requires me to say what I know, on the other hand my priestly identity leads me to forgive, not to flaunt the evil done by others, to be rich in mercy towards those who have made a mistake, according to what Pope Francis often reminds us “. The cardinal affirms it. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, former substitute for general affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State, in a text of spontaneous declarations made in the trial in the Vatican on the properties of the Holy See, where he reiterated “with force my absolute innocence”. Read also Cardinal Becciu upheld “the absolute correctness of my conduct” and reiterated “as the only contributions object of dispute, which are the only sums that were given by the Secretariat of State in the seven years, in 2015 and 2018 , as documentedly proved, they had a charitable purpose. Bishop Sanguineti’s request of 25,000 euros in 2015 was used to purchase the machinery useful for the bakery to start up again after the fire “. “That of bishop Melis, in 2018 was destined to contribute, in the sum of 100,000, to the construction of the Citadel of Charity, whose total cost was around 1,300,000 euros. The sum was set aside pending employment, as tried and declared by the bishop, and the work on the Work began materially on February 28 “, he continued.” I can say, in full conscience, that in seven long years of service, I spent myself unreservedly for the Holy Father and for the Church. Aware of the commitment and dedication lavished, I feel the satisfaction for the many results achieved for the good of the Church and a deep sorrow for the unfounded accusations from which I am called to excuse “.