Giuseppe Sciacca

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Giuseppe Sciacca
Episcopal coat of arms by Giuseppe Sciacca

Giuseppe Sciacca (born February 23, 1955 in Catania , Italy ) is a Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Giuseppe Sciacca received in the October 7, 1978 Aci Catena the priesthood . He studied Catholic theology in Catania and the Pontifical Lateran University . At the Angelicum he completed a doctoral degree in canon law . Sciacca holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Catania . He was professor of philosophy and history at the Acireale State College and Canon Law at the Acireale Theological College. He was a judge in diocesan and regional courts in Sicily. Sciacca was appointed on March 25, 1999 by Pope John Paul II as judge at the Church Court of the Roman Rota .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on September 3, 2011 Titular Bishop of Victoriana and General Secretary of the Governorate of Vatican City and thus Deputy Prime Minister of the Vatican State. He was ordained bishop by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone SDB on October 8th of the same year; Co-consecrators were Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello . On November 10, 2012 he was appointed titular bishop of Fundi .

On February 13, 2013, he was also appointed General Auditor of the Apostolic Chamber during the so-called Sedis vacancy .

Pope Francis appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Supreme Court of the Catholic Church, the Apostolic Signature, on August 24, 2013 . On September 21, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him advisor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith .

On July 16, 2016, Pope Francis appointed him to succeed Frans Daneels as secretary of the Apostolic Signature with effect from September 1 of the same year.

Scandals

  • The journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi accused Sciacca in the 2015 unveiling book Everything must be brought to light of the ruthless treatment of a sick neighbor, an elderly priest. In 2012, Sciacca wanted to enlarge his apartment in the Vatican, according to the author . When the neighbor was in the hospital for a long time, Sciacca had the partition between the two apartments torn down without permission and expanded his apartment to include a room from the neighboring apartment. The priest, who died a short time later, found his belongings packed in boxes on his return from the hospital. According to Nuzzi, the Pope had demoted Sciacca and had him removed from the apartment when he learned of the incident. At least there is no clear evidence of degradation; In the summer of 2013, Sciacca switched from the governorate to the apostolic signature, but was promoted to secretary of this court in 2016.
  • As secretary of the Apostolic Signature, Sciacca signed a judgment in the spring of 2019, with which the Austrian religious priest and former senior staff member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Father Hermann Geißler FSO , was acquitted of the accusation of sexual harassment of a religious sister during confession for lack of evidence. The former religious woman Doris Wagner , who had belonged to the institute “Das Werk” (FSO) until 2011, criticized Sciacca's participation in the process, as he is friendly to the community “Das Werk” according to her presentation and has received gifts from him in the past Should have received medals. Within the Vatican, like Sciacca himself, Geissler is counted as part of the network of the former secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and later cardinal state secretary Tarcisio Bertone, to whom both owe their careers.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Mgr Giuseppe Sciacca nommé auditeur général de la Chambre apostolique" , La Croix, February 13, 2013
  2. ↑ “New General Auditor of the Apostolic Chamber” , kath.net , February 14, 2013
  3. ^ "Pope appoints secretary for the highest church court" , kath.web , August 24, 2013
  4. ^ "Personnel changes in the Curia - Müller confirmed - New Nuncio in Berlin" , Vatican Radio , September 21, 2013
  5. ^ Rinuncia del Segretario del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica e nomina del nuovo Segretario. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 13, 2016, accessed July 16, 2016 (Italian).
  6. ↑ Book reveals waste and mismanagement in the Vatican. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung ; The Vatican is so bold with donations. In: L'Essentiel ; both published on November 4, 2015, accessed on May 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ Vatican confirms acquittal of "Das Werk" priest. In: Katholisch.de , May 17, 2019, accessed on May 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Doris Reisinger (Wagner) : Statement on Twitter on the acquittal of Hermann Geißler, May 16, 2019, accessed on May 17, 2019.

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predecessor Office successor
Carlo Maria Viganò Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City
2011–2013 		Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC
personal data
SURNAME Sciacca, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Curia Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania