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Article: ITALIAN COURT VOIDS ORDER FOR ARCHBISHOP'S ARREST.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 18, 1987
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Byline: Uli Schmetzer Chicago Tribune
Italy's highest appeals court on Friday nullified an arrest warrant against Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, who has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the bankruptcy of Italy's biggest private bank in 1982.
The court, acting on warrants issued by Milan magistrates in February against Marcinkus, 65, a native of Cicero, Ill., and two associates, Luigi Mennini and Pelegrino de Strobel, said Italian authorities do not have jurisdiction in Vatican affairs.
Since the warrants were issued, the archbishop has been a virtual recluse inside Vatican City, a separate state outside Italian jurisdiction under a ...