A Spanish monsignor found guilty of leaking confidential documents about the Vatican's financial reform has begun serving his 18-month prison sentence at the Vatican.
Mgr Lucio Vallejo Balda, secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was found guilty of stealing and passing on documents to Italian journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi in a court ruling in July.
He was subsequently allowed limited freedom of movement within the confines of Vatican City State. However, he was formally arrested on August 22 and placed in a prison cell to begin his sentence.
