VATICAN CITY
New York Daily News
BY LARRY MCSHANE
A former top Vatican diplomat was jailed Saturday for his alleged Christmas season downloads of child pornography while visiting a Canadian church, officials said.
Msgr. Carlo Capella’s arrest came eight months after his recall to the Vatican from a diplomatic post in Washington.
He was put inside a cell at the barracks of the Vatican police force, according to a Vatican press release.
Police in Windsor, Ontario, accused Capella of accessing the repugnant images from a social networking site during his holiday visit to an unidentified local church.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported the incidents occurred between Dec. 24 and 27, 2016. Capella was also cited for distributing the downloaded pornography, officials said.
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