Defense Becciu: “Even from new interrogations his absolute correctness emerges”

“The latest hearings, which recorded the interrogations of many of the accused, confirmed and further clarified the truth of the facts illustrated to the Court by Cardinal Becciu. He always and only acted on the advice of the technical offices of the Secretariat of State, which from time to time checked the investment proposals, also resorting to the help of well-known and esteemed external financial consultants, then proposing the subscription only of those deemed advantageous. Consultants not introduced or identified by the Substitute “. The lawyers Fabio Viglione and Maria Concetta Marzo, defenders of Cardinal Angelo Becciu accused in the trial in the Vatican for the financial scandal linked to the sale of the London building in Sloane Avenue, underline this at Adnkronos. It is recalled that Becciu, in recent weeks, was subjected to three days of interrogations. The financier Raffaele Mincione was questioned yesterday and the day before yesterday. “Emblematic – the defenders of Becciu point out – the Falcon Oil proposal, relating to the exploitation of an oil field in Angola: in the face of a mere initial indication from the cardinal, the result of the knowledge of those lands for his mission as apostolic nuncio, in detail how the offices examined the proposal for over a year and a half, also resorting to the experience of the companies of Dr. Crasso and Dr. Mincione, consultants of primary international importance, to conclude that the operation, at first sight very advantageous, presented in reality, risk profiles are not negligible. For this reason Cardinal Becciu in the face of the feared risk gave orders not to proceed. Just as when he had to see the operations he always did so and only in the face of documented positive reports that came from the head of the administrative office and from the competent technical structure. So much has been documented and not doubted by anyone. “” All the interested parties – Viglione and Marzo note – confirmed to the Court that the cardinal was never involved in the technical evaluations and that the only instruction given was that to scrupulously check every technical detail, in absolute independence and freedom. Once again, therefore, the third and impartial assessment of the debate, in contradiction, confirmed the absolute correctness of the cardinal’s work, in an authentic spirit of service and protection of the Holy See ”.