Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, who risked eight-year sentences for their alleged crime, were told they were outside the Vatican’s jurisdiction. “This was a Kafkaesque trial for the prosecution and the sentence is an intelligent step backwards.”Two former Vatican consultants accused of handing confidential documents to the journalists were given minimal sentences, marking the end of an eight-month trial that proved acutely… “The Vatican was brave,” Mr Fittipaldi said. Gianluigi Nuzzi, left, and Emiliano Fittipaldi leave court after being acquitted of stealing documents that revealed sleaze within the Vatican Tony Gentile /ReutersA Vatican court has acquitted two journalists accused of publishing stolen documents that revealed details of sleaze at the Holy See, admitting that it had no right to prosecute them.

Source: The Times July 07, 2016 23:10 UTC