Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) –
The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi,
S.J., made the following declaration late yesterday afternoon:
“The Vatican Gendarmerie, in their
role as judicial police, have informed the Vatican prosecutors that
the activity carried out by the journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and
Emiliano Fittipaldi may constitute complicity in the crime of
disseminating confidential news and documents, pursuant to Law No. IX
of Vatican City State, of 13 July 2013 (article 116 bis).
Since the beginning of the
investigation the prosecution has obtained pieces of evidence
indicating the collaboration in offence by the journalists, who are
now therefore under investigation.
The investigators are also examining
some other situations regarding persons who, for reasons of office,
could have cooperated in the acquisition the reserved documents in
question.
No comments:
Post a Comment