VATICAN CITY
The Hill
June 23, 2018
By Emily Birnbaum
The Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a former Holy See diplomat to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography in the first trial of its kind, according to the Associated Press.
Monsignor Carlo Capella admitted he downloaded child pornography when he was serving as a Vatican diplomat in the Holy See’s Washington Embassy last year. The court found 40 to 55 pornographic photos, films and Japanese animation on his cellphone, an iCloud and Tumblr account, the AP reported.
The State Department alerted the Vatican to the existence of the child pornography, leading to Capella’s recall last year, according to The Washington Post.
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