The financial crimes regulator has passed information to police about allegations of money being transferred from the Vatican in relation to the trial of Cardinal George Pell.
AUSTRAC has passed information to police in relation to allegations of payments from the Vatican
Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells used a Senate Estimates hearing to ask AUSTRAC chief executive Nicole Rose about media reports that hundreds of thousands of euros had been transferred "allegedly from Vatican funds to person or persons in Australia". "Regarding the everlasting attention of some journalists to Cardinal Pell's trial, [Cardinal Becciu] is compelled to reiterate vigorously that he has never interfered with it in any way whatsoever," Fabio Viglione said in an October 17 statement quoted by the Catholic News Agency.Cardinal Pell's lawyer, Robert Richter QC, has previouslyA lawyer for the former choirboy who gave evidence against Cardinal Pell in his 2018 trial denied her client received any payment.
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