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The scandal that will not die

Francis X. Rocca

According to an Italian newspaper, the former mistress of a deceased mobster has told Italian investigators that a 15-year-old girl’s kidnapping and murder 25 years ago was committed on orders from the late Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the American head of the Vatican Bank who was linked to the Banco Ambrosiano scandal.

The head of the Vatican press office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, today issued a statement censuring the press for its “sensationalism” in spreading such “extremely dubious” testimony, which has caused pain to the victim’s family and sullied the reputation of a man who can no longer defend himself.


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