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Good News? Bad News? Vatican jails Italian priest for child porn
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/vatican-jails-italian-priest-for-child-pornPUBLISHEDJUN 23, 2018, 11:12 PM SGT
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A Vatican court on Saturday (June 23) jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the Holy See's Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography.
Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella pleaded guilty on Friday, the opening day of the court hearing, saying he had gone through a "personal crisis" and felt "useless" as a counsellor at the embassy.
The 51-year-old told the three lay Italian judges at the tiny courtroom in the Vatican City that he had started looking at child pornography online on Tumblr in July 2016 and exchanged pictures with other users.
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - A Vatican court on Saturday (June 23) jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the Holy See's Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography.
Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella pleaded guilty on Friday, the opening day of the court hearing, saying he had gone through a "personal crisis" and felt "useless" as a counsellor at the embassy.
The 51-year-old told the three lay Italian judges at the tiny courtroom in the Vatican City that he had started looking at child pornography online on Tumblr in July 2016 and exchanged pictures with other users.
On one hand, the dude's been caught and punished. On the other hand, he worked in the Vatican's DC Embassy? Uff da!
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