The Vatican Justice judge to five people charged in the investigation into the leak of confidential documents of a financial nature of the Holy See and subsequently published in two books, confirmed to Efe sources close to the case.
The defendants are Spanish priest Lucio Vallejo Balda, the former public relations Chaouqui Francesca, Italian journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi and Nicola Maio, excolaborador of the commission investigating the economic and administrative offices of the Holy See (COSEA).
Vallejo Balda is in custody in the building of the Vatican Gendarmerie since last November 1, while Chaouqui was released and available to the judiciary after collaborating with the Vatican Justice.
The Nuzzi and Fittipaldi journalists are the authors of the books "Via Crucis" and "avarizia" made with confidential documents of the Holy See, and had been under investigation since last November 11 in the case of confidential information leakage, which It is already known as "Vatileaks2".
Maio, meanwhile, is a former employee of the COSEA, which were also part Vallejo Balda and Chaouqui.
The first hearing will be held on November 24, as has been told Efe, and the accused could face a sentence of between four and eight years in prison.
After hearing the news, Nuzzi has written a message on the social network Twitter in which he said he was "proud to have written a research #nomeequivoco proud #viacrucis # noinquisición".
"You can do what you want, but until the end of the world will be news reporters as #viacrucis" he added. EFE