Vatileaks 1.0

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The term Vatileaks was coined by the press spokesman of the Vatican , Federico Lombardi , based on Wikileaks and comprises processes that describe the manner in which confidential documents were disclosed that came to the public from the Vatican in 2011 and 2012.

Timeline and content of the revelations

Paolo Gabriele (2005)

Internal documents of the Vatican had repeatedly reached the media since 2011 . Some of the documents that the papal valet Paolo Gabriele is said to have passed on to the media concerned allegations of corruption , mismanagement and favoritism in the Vatican. In addition, there was criticism of the management of the Vatican bank Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR). In addition, the investigation report speaks of a hidden homosexual lobby within the curia. A villa outside the Eternal City , a sauna in the Roman suburb of Quarto Miglio and a beauty salon in the historic center are named as places for homosexual encounters. There were also intimate encounters between men of the Church in the area of ​​the Vatican.

In 2011 and 2012 Gabriele is said to have smuggled secret documents out of the Vatican. In addition to four nuns and the two private secretaries Georg Gänswein and Alfred Xuereb , he was one of the few confidants who had access to the Pope's private rooms. Gabriele is also said to have made public letters from the Pope to his secretary Georg Gänswein as well as documents on the case of the Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi, who was kidnapped in 1983 .

Furthermore, Gabriele was accused of stealing valuables.

publication

The disclosure of confidential information from the Pope's environment has occupied the Holy See since the publication of the book by the Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi entitled Sua Santita ( His Holiness , 2012). In it he published the secret letters from the desk of Pope Benedict XVI. , which included letters, faxes and conversation templates. Among other things, an internal Vatican memorandum for a meeting between the Pope and the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was printed.

examination

In April 2012, the Pope set up an investigative commission to investigate the theft of documents, which consisted of the three cardinals emeritus Julián Herranz (leader), Jozef Tomko and Salvatore De Giorgi . This was supported by the Vatican Interior Minister Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu .

On May 25, 2012, the Pope's valet Paolo Gabriele was arrested. After his interrogations in the Vatican State , Gabriele was released from custody on July 21, 2012 and placed under house arrest. Before the start of the process, it was announced that it would take place under Italian criminal procedural law, which provides for two appellate bodies.

Some observers expressed doubts that the valet Paolo Gabriele, described as a simple disposition, was really alone behind the affair, and saw him as a possible scapegoat .

At the beginning of June 2012, the newspaper La Repubblica announced that further secret papers had been received even after Gabriele's arrest.

Reactions

Pope Benedict XVI According to information from his environment, he was “saddened and shocked” by the revelations in the affair about the disclosure of confidential documents of the Vatican to the media. The arrest of his valet was a "painful" development, the Italian media quote, citing a confidante.

In June 2012, a German cardinal commented on the scandal for the first time. The Berlin Archbishop Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki described it in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit as “all the more annoying” when “a bank acts badly in the area of ​​the church or even money laundering happens and financial irregularities occur.” Woelki also stated that the church is so I worked as well as possible to overcome the grievances and demanded “a process of self-cleaning”.

The Czech pornography producer Bel Ami was inspired by the scandal to shoot a film partly on location in the Vatican State: Scandal In The Vatican . The sequel film Scandal In The Vatican 2: Swiss Guard from 2015 was the relationship between priests and Swiss Guards dedicated.

Lawsuits and convictions

The Vatican's trial against Gabriele began on September 29, 2012 and was under the direction of Court President Giuseppe Dalla Torre . Claudio Sciarpelletti also had to defend himself for aiding and abetting the theft . One of the stolen papers had been found at the computer scientist in the papal secretariat of state, who is considered a confidante of Gabriele. Eight journalists from non-Vatican media selected by lottery were allowed to accompany the process. During the proceedings, Gabriele admitted on October 2, 2012 that she had passed on confidential documents and acted without accomplices. Nevertheless, he did not plead guilty of the serious theft, only Benedict XVI. owed to. It was also decided to initiate an investigation into his detention conditions .

The court found Gabriele guilty of serious theft on October 6, 2012 and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. According to press spokesman Lombardi, the judgment did not rule out further investigations. After the verdict, Gianluigi Nuzzi appealed to Benedict XVI to pardon Paolo Gabriele. On October 25, 2012, Gabriele went to prison in the Vatican (and not in an Italian prison as generally expected). Benedict XVI. visited him in prison on December 22, 2012, forgave him, and overturned the remainder of the sentence. Gabriele was released the same day and returned to his family.

The trial of Claudio Sciarpelletti began on November 5, 2012 in a Vatican court. On November 10, 2012, he was found guilty of aiding and abetting the theft of Vatican documents by Paolo Gabriele. Sciarpelletti's two months' sentence was suspended for five years because he was previously guilty of no wrongdoing and had cooperated with the investigation.

Legislative measures and Vatileaks 2.0

In June 2013, a new offense was added to the Vatican State's criminal code, Article 116 bis, which criminalizes the dissemination of confidential information and documents.

On this basis, a trial began in November 2015 before the Court of Justice of the Vatican State against the prelate Lucio Vallejo Balda , who was taken into custody on November 2, 2015, against the PR agent Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui , the two journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, as well as one other defendant. This affair is known as Vatileaks 2.0 .

literature

  • Gianluigi Nuzzi : His Holiness: The secret letters from the desk of Pope Benedict XVI. Piper, 2nd edition (September 10, 2012), ISBN 978-3-492-05575-8 .
  • the Italian original is called Sua Santità. Le Carte Segrete Di Benedetto XVI and was published on May 17, 2012 by CHIARE LETTERE SRL, ISBN 978-8861900950 .

Web links

  • Yvonne Staat: Times accepted ... Frankfurter Allgemeine, June 16, 2012, accessed on November 7, 2012 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Kreiner: His Holiness unfaithful valet. Der Tagesspiegel, May 30, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2012 .
  2. ^ Bishop denounces corruption in the Vatican. Spiegel Online, January 27, 2012, accessed September 26, 2012 .
  3. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/politik/zeitung-geheimreport-zu-vatileaks-steckt-hinter-papstruecktritt-id7645021.html
  4. ↑ Paul Badde : Has Pope confidante "not all cups in the cupboard"? Die Welt, August 12, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Scandal in the Vatican: the Pope's valet face 30 years imprisonment. Wiener Zeitung, May 26, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Jörg Bremer: The hunt for the "ravens". Frankfurter Allgemeine, June 18, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2012 .
  7. ↑ domradio.de ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ↑ The Pope's valet arrested - suspected treason. Spiegel Online, May 25, 2012, accessed September 26, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Pope valet allowed to go home. tagesschau.de, July 21, 2012, archived from the original on July 24, 2012 ; Retrieved September 26, 2012 .
  10. ↑ The Pope's imprisoned valet as a scapegoat? Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 28, 2012, accessed on September 26, 2012 .
  11. ↑ New secret documents from the Vatican surfaced. Spiegel Online, June 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2012 .
  12. ^ "Vatileaks" affair: Pope valet arrested. N24, May 26, 2012, archived from the original on April 10, 2016 ; Retrieved September 27, 2012 .
  13. ^ German cardinal complains about money laundering in the Vatican. ZEIT ONLINE, June 27, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2012 .
  14. ↑ Queer me now : Scandal In The Vatican , accessed November 27, 2015
  15. ↑ Str8UpGayPorn : Here's The Hardcore Trailer For BelAmi's Scandal In The Vatican 2 , accessed on November 27, 2015
  16. ↑ Former valet of the Pope admits betrayal. Paolo Gabriele confesses. Focus Online, October 2, 2012, accessed October 9, 2012 .
  17. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Pope pardons former valet
  18. ↑ Judgment of the Court of Justice of October 6, 2012 (in Italian)
  19. ^ Andrea Bachstein: Appeal or pardon. Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 6, 2012, accessed on October 10, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Revelatory author Nuzzi asks Pope for mercy for ex-valet. ZEIT ONLINE, October 8, 2012, accessed October 10, 2012 .
  21. ↑ Stefan Troendle: The first Vatican prisoner of modern times moves in. Pope valet goes to jail. tagesschau.de, October 25, 2012, archived from the original on October 25, 2012 ; Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
  22. ↑ Vatican Information Service, VIS 22-12-2012-Year XXII - Num. 233
  23. ↑ Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 November 2012 (in Italian)
  24. ↑ Sciarpelletti has been sentenced to probation. Second "Vatileaks" process. Focus Online, November 10, 2012, accessed November 10, 2012 .
  25. ↑ Law of the State of Vatican City No. IX of July 11, 2013 , which contains changes to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (in Italian)
  26. ↑ Oliver Meiler: Vatican City - Unwanted Information. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 24, 2015, accessed on November 24, 2015 .