Mafia money links throw Vatican into yet another damaging scandal

18 Apr 2010

As the Vatican grapples with the fallout from the clerical sex abuse scandal, new evidence is beginning to emerge of questionable Church behaviour in another sphere: money.

Mafia turncoats have long alleged that the Cosa Nostra used the Vatican bank – the Institute for the Works of Religion, also known by its Italian acronym IOR – to launder its ill-gotten gains. Their accounts have often been long on colour and short on convincing detail, but a persuasive new witness has now come forward, claiming first-hand knowledge of the practice.
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