VATICAN CITY
The Times (UK)
Tom Kington Vatican City
Five people went on trial at the Vatican yesterday over the leaking of secrets after judges rejected a request from one of them to drop the case saying that it violated human rights.
Emiliano Fittipaldi, one of two authors who published books detailing greed and corruption at the Vatican, told the court that he was “incredulous” to find himself on trial for “simply having published news”.
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