Vatileaks Priest Released from Prison

news.com.au
December 24, 2015

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VatiLeaks priest released from prison

Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda, a Spanish priest arrested almost two months ago over the VatiLeaks 2 affair, has been released from prison and placed under house arrest, the Vatican says.

Vallejo Balda is on trial, along with two other alleged leakers - his aide Nicola Maio and PR consultant Francesca Chaouqui - for revealing Vatican financial scandals to two journalists, Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi.

The 54-year-old prelate left his cell on Tuesday and was granted accommodation within Vatican walls, Holy See spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said on Wednesday.

Vallejo Balda was the only VatiLeaks 2 suspect behind bars.

He was arrested in early November with Chaouqui, but the woman, who is pregnant, was released almost immediately after cooperating with investigators.

Originally published as VatiLeaks priest released from prison