Three people including a Msgr were
convicted Tuesday by a Vatican court of mis-managing the Sistine
Chapel Choir.
The trial on the financial management of the Choir of the
Pontifical Musical Chapel ended after a year and a half, Vatican
News reported.
The Vatican Court, presided over by Giuseppe Pignatone,
concluded the criminal proceedings, initiated on May 24, 2023,
with a first-instance ruling sentencing the former director
Monsignor Massimo Palombella to 3 years and 2 months in prison,
a 9,000 euro fine, and a ban from holding public office for a
period equal to the length of the prison sentence; the former
financial director Michelangelo Nardella to 4 years and 8 months
in prison; a 7,000 euro fine, and a lifelong ban from holding
public office; while Nardella's wife, Simona Rossi, was
sentenced to 2 years in prison, a 5,000 euro fine and a lifelong
ban from holding public office, Vatican News said.
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