VATICAN CITY
The Lawyer
14 March 2013 | By Joshua Freedman
The selection of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope has placed the spotlight on a German lawyer appointed last month to head the embattled Vatican Bank.
Pope Benedict XVI installed Ernst von Freyberg as president of the bank as one of his last acts as pontiff following the shock announcement of his resignation earlier in February.
The appointment came after the previous president of the bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, was removed by its board of directors last May for dereliction of duty.
Tedeschi and director general Paolo Cipriani were investigated over allegations that they omitted data in wire transfers from an Italian account, with prosecutors seizing €23m from a Rome bank account registered amid suspicious of money laundering, according to reports.
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