Vallejo Balda's Secretary Says He Acted on Orders

Rome Reports
April 11, 2016

http://www.romereports.com/2016/04/11/vatileaks-2-vallejo-balda-s-secretary-says-he-acted-on-orders

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On Monday, the former executive secretary of the Cosea Commission, working under Monsignor Vallejo Balda, Nicola Maio made some declarations, as he has also been accused in the Vatileaks 2 case.

He acknowledged that he had access to all documents relating to the Cosea Commission and the Secretariat for the Economy but denies stealing the information and providing it to the two journalists, Fittipaldi and Nuzzi whom, he said he does not know. He further indicated that Francesca Chaouqui never asked him steal this information.

He assured that the only thing he felt pressured by was the responsibility of the work he was doing. He explained to the judge that the tasks entrusted onto him were that of the "will of the Pope.”

He said that he could not negate what Vallejo Balda asked him to do because he was his superior and only did what he asked. He explained that he had no way to checking if what Vallejo Balda was asking him to do was lawful or not because the chain of command was headed by Pope, then by Vallejo Balda and he was the last chain of command. "The only way to know the truth was to knock on the Pope's door to find out and that was impossible,” he said.

He also said that Francesca Chaouqui had a huge influence on Vallejo Balda, to the extent that, he once advised the Spanish priest to act "cautiously” in front of her.