VATICAN CITY
San Antonio Express-News
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal is deliberating the fate of five people, including two journalists, accused in the publication of confidential Vatican documents exposing greed, mismanagement and corruption in the Holy See.
The judges began deliberations shortly before noon (1000GMT) Thursday and were expected to return a verdict within hours.
In a final, tearful statement, the woman at the heart of the scandal, Francesca Chaouqui, admitted making mistakes and apologized for her strong, proud personality. But she denied she ever passed confidential documents to journalists and vowed to go to jail with her newborn if convicted.
Prosecutors have asked the court to hand down the stiffest sentence against Chaouqui: three years, nine months.
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