VATICAN CITY - A former director of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel Choir was convicted of embezzlement on Tuesday, sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay back 127,000 euros ($133,000) in stolen funds.

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Three convicted of mis-managing Sistine Choir

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Singapore

Vatican's former Sistine Choir director found guilty of embezzlement

Three years and two months of imprisonment for the former director, Monsignor Massimo Palombella. The former chief financial officer and his wife were also convicted. Among the witnesses, Msgr. Gänswein

Tre anni e due mesi di reclusione all’ex direttore monsignor Massimo Palombella. Condannati anche l’ex direttore finanziario e la moglie. Tra i testimoni Mons. Gänswein

Vaticano, gestione del coro tra truffe e peculato: tre condanne

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Agnelli family

Turin

Metropolitan City of Turin

Piedmont

Vatican, choir management between scams and embezzlement: three convictions

With the conviction of all three defendants, after a year and a half, the trial on the financial management of the Papal Musical Chapel Choir ends.

Con la condanna di tutti e tre gli imputati termina, dopo un anno e mezzo, il processo sulla gestione finanziaria del Coro della Cappella musicale pontificia. Il Tribunale vaticano, presieduto da Giuseppe Pignatone, ha concluso il procedimento penale, avviato il 24 maggio 2023, con una sentenza di primo grado che condanna l'ex direttore monsignor Massimo Palombella a 3 anni e 2 mesi di reclusione, 9 mila euro di multa e interdizione dai pubblici…

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The three defendants convicted for the management of the Sistine Choir

Three people including a Msgr were convicted Tuesday by a Vatican court of mis-managing the Sistine Chapel Choir. The trial on the financial management of the Choir of the Pontifical Musical Chapel ended after a year and a half, Vatican News reported. (ANSA)

18 months after the start of the trial, all three defendants were convicted in the trial for the financial management of the Papal Musical Chapel Choir. The financial investigation into the choir was opened in 2018 by Pope Francis and was revealed by ilfattoQUOTIDIANO.it on July 3 of that year. News confirmed by the Holy See Press Office the following September 12: “With regard to what is coming out in the press regarding some events of the Sist…

A 18 mesi dall’avvio del dibattimento, è arrivata la condanna di tutti e tre gli imputati nel processo per la gestione finanziaria del Coro della Cappella musicale pontificia. L’indagine finanziaria sul coro era stata aperta nel 2018 da Papa Francesco ed era stata rivelata da ilfattoquotidiano.it il 3 luglio di quell’anno. Notizia confermata dalla Sala Stampa della Santa Sede il 12 settembre successivo: “In merito a quanto sta uscendo sulla stam…

Coro della Cappella Sistina, tre condanne per la gestione finanziaria: pene fino a 4 anni e 8 mesi

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Rome

Metropolitan City of Rome

Lazio

Sistine Chapel Choir, three convictions for financial management: sentences of up to 4 years and 8 months

This Wednesday, December 11, Philippe Cochet, mayor (LR) of Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône), was sentenced to 3 years in prison, including one year in prison, and to 5 years of ineligibility, for embezzlement of public funds. He must then leave his various mandates.

Ce mercredi 11 décembre, Philippe Cochet, maire (LR) de Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône), a été condamné à 3 ans de prison, dont un an ferme, et à 5 ans d'inéligibilité, pour détournement de fonds public. Il doit alors quitter ses différents mandats.

Philippe Cochet, maire de Caluire-et-Cuire, est condamné pour détournement de fonds publics

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Strasbourg

Bas-Rhin

Grand Est

France

Philippe Cochet, mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire, is convicted for embezzlement of public funds

The Vatican City State court has returned guilty verdicts against the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, its former manager and his wife on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds raised at concerts in Italy and abroad.

National Catholic Reporter

Court finds three guilty of misappropriating Sistine Chapel Choir funds

Former Sistine Chapel choir director Monsignor Massimo Palombella leads the choir during a performance on May 9, 2018, in New York City. / Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for AEG  CNA Staff, Dec 10, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). A pair of former Vatican officials has been found guilty of embezzlement and abuse of office as part of a long-running investigation into financial irregularities at a prominent choir there. Monsignor Massimo Palombella, who pr…

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Vatican: Former choir director, manager convicted of embezzlement

The Vatican tribunal has imposed sentences of two to more than four years in prison on three people, including a priest, for financial crimes committed in the management of the Sistine Chapel choir. They were charged with embezzlement, money laundering and fraud. The Vatican announced the verdict after a trial lasting a year and a half. The court of first instance sentenced the former director of the papal choir, Father Massimo on Tuesday. The a…

Trybunał Watykański wymierzył kary od dwóch do ponad czterech lat więzienia trzem osobom, w tym księdzu, za przestępstwa finansowe popełnione w zarządzaniu chórem Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej. Zarzucono im sprzeniewierzenie i pranie pieniędzy oraz oszustwa. O wyroku wydanym po trwającym półtora roku procesie poinformował Watykan. Sąd pierwszej instancji skazał we wtorek byłego dyrektora papieskiego chóru księdza Massimo Artykuł Watykan: wyroki więzienia…

Watykan: wyroki więzienia w procesie w sprawie przestępstw w chórze Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej

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Vatican: Prison sentences in Sistine Chapel choir trial

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