VATICAN CITY
DW
Monsignor Carlo Capella once worked as a diplomat at the Vatican’s embassy in Washington. He was recalled last year after the US State Department said he may have violated child pornography laws.
Vatican police said Carlo Alberto Capella had been arrested on Saturday but gave no details of the specific accusations against him.
Capella is being held in a gendarmerie barracks inside the Vatican. His arrest comes after an eight-month investigation by the Holy See, which was first informed of a potential problem by the US State Department last year.
Capella was arrested Saturday after a warrant was issued by the Holy See’s chief magistrate.
If indicted, he will have to stand trial in the Vatican and faces up to 12 years in jail.
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