Images of child abuse found in Vatican City

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Images of child abuse found in Vatican City

Rosie Scammell in Rome
Sunday 1 February 2015 20.26 GMT

Two cases of child pornography possession were uncovered within the walls of the Vatican last year, along with numerous other crimes in the city state, the Holy See’s prosecutor general has announced.

Following worldwide allegations of sex abuse by priests, Gian Piero Milano, the Holy See’s Promoter of Justice, said the Vatican was now taking action against paedophilia in the heart of the Catholic church.

Unveiling the Vatican’s justice report, Milano stopped short of naming those accused of possessing child pornography. Holy See spokesman Federico Lombardi however identified Josef Wesolowski, a disgraced former ambassador, as one of the people facing charges.

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Beyond the child pornography cases, Vatican authorities are battling an array of crimes including drug trafficking and money laundering. Three drug deliveries addressed to the Vatican were intercepted last year, including a packet containing cocaine-filled condoms. The drugs were discovered at Germany’s Leipzig airport and handed to the Vatican in the hope of ensnaring the buyer, but no one came forward to claim the package.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/01/images-child-abuse-found-vatican

[cbayer]

1. Disgusting. I am glad they are making this public.

Josef Wesolowski is in the Vatican jail awaiting trial on pedophilia charges already. Did he bring this stuff with him? There needs to be more arrests and prosecutions.