VATICAN CITY
ANSA
(ANSA) – Vatican City, March 17 – The so-called Vatileaks 2 trial into the leaking and publishing of confidential Vatican documents was adjourned Thursday until April 6.
The trial was adjourned after PR expert Francesca Chaouqui, one of the five defendants, presented medical papers showing she needed “a period of absolute rest” since she is six-months pregnant.
This week the Vatican tribunal heard testimony from Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda, another of the defendants, on the leaking of classified Holy See documents to two investigative reporters.
On Monday the Spanish prelate, a former member of the now-defunct COSEA commission set up to advise Pope Francis on the reform of the Holy See’s economic and administrative structure, admitted leaking the documents.
“Yes, I handed over documents,” Vallejo Balda told the court, adding that he had acted under pressure from co-defendant Chaouqui who allegedly also tried to seduce him.
“Francesca said she belonged to the secret services, indeed that she was the number two in the Italian secret services,” he said of the PR expert and fellow COSEA member.
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