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Vatican chief of staff Peña Parra blames key witness for misdeeds in UK fraud case

By Sofia Gerace ( July 5, 2024, 15:45 GMT | Insight) -- The Pope's chief of staff, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, has blamed his deputy and a star witness in the Vatican's "trial of the century" for misdeeds that led the Catholic state to overpay for the acquisition of a luxury London property in 2018. The Vatican claims it was duped into paying more for the property than it was worth, and to have lost at least 100 million pounds when it later sold those assets.The Pope's chief of staff, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, has blamed his deputy and a star witness in the Vatican's "trial of the century" for misdeeds that led the Catholic state to overpay for the acquisition of a luxury London property in 2018....

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