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22 November 2015

Catholic church charges five over leaked documents

Vatican magistrates charge members of special economic reform commission established by Pope Francis.  The Vatican has charged five people over the leak of damaging documents about Pope Francis’s attempts to reform the Catholic church, including two journalists and a high-ranking cleric.

Two members of the pope’s reforms commission and a newly identified assistant were charged with disclosing confidential Vatican information and documents, while two journalists were charged with soliciting and exerting pressure to obtain the information, according to the indictments released by the Vatican on Saturday.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/21/catholic-church-charges-five-over-leaked-documents