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Article: Vatican Issues Defense Of Top Bank Officials;American, 2 Aides Charged in Fraud Case
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- February 28, 1987
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The Vatican rallied today to the defense of its three top bank
officials, including American Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, after an
Italian court ordered their arrest as "accessories to fraudulent
bankruptcy" in connection with Italy's biggest banking scandal since
World War II.
Two days after two magistrates in Milan signed arrest warrants
for the Vatican bankers in connection with the collapse in 1982 of
the Banco Ambrosiano, the Vatican issued a communique expressing its
"profound astonishment" at the action and hinting that it would not
tolerate Italian government interference in Vatican affairs.
The three arrest warrants were issued Wednesday against
Marcinkus, the head of the Vatican ...