Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, points finger at deputy who escaped unscathed
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Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ chief of staff has become one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court. Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra appeared before a British court on Thursday. He was called to testify on behalf of the Vatican secretariat of state in a British civil proceeding brought against the Vatican by an Italian-British financier who was involved in the transactions over a London property. Raffaele Mincione is seeking to clear his name in the British courts after he was convicted by a Vatican criminal tribunal last year for his role in the Vatican’s investment in the former Harrod’s warehouse.