VATICAN CITY, Italy, September 28, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A new chapter unfolded in the Vatican’s ongoing financial scandals this past weekend after years of transparency and accountability issues have plagued the Holy See, including the recent suspiciously-timed exit of Pope Francis’ financial czar Australian Cardinal George Pell.
After three months of silence, the international financier brought in by Pope Francis to oversee Vatican financial reform claims he was forced to resign in June in a “frame-job” by insiders hostile to the reform.
Former Auditor General Libero Milone said Saturday he was speaking for the first time since his June dismissal because, “I couldn’t allow any longer a small group of powers to (defame) my reputation for their shady games.”
At the same time, two top Vatican officials claim they have “overwhelming evidence” against him regarding accusations of spying on superiors and others in his office.
Auditor General Milone met with media on Saturday
Milone met in Rome with reporters Saturday from the Wall Street Journal, Reuters and two Italian outlets, newspaper Corriere della Sera and TV news channel SkyTg24, to give his account of the events surrounding his ouster only two years into his five-year appointment by Pope Francis.
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