A top adviser for Pope Francis allegedly brought in members of the Italian secret service to look through his office for bugs, even though the Vatican has its own police force.
The adviser, Archbishop Edgar Pena Para, also allegedly commissioned intelligence reports from the secret service members, according to testimony obtained Thursday in Archbishop Pena Para’s fraud and extortion trial
The trial was set to resume Friday in the wake of Thursday’s revelations, which raised questions about security and independence in the sovereign Vatican, the Associated Press reported.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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