ROME – A panel of Vatican judges overseeing the trial of ten defendants for extortion and other financial crimes, dubbed the Vatican's "trial of the century", heard Wednesday from a lawyer representing the Vatican bank who complained that the accused had treated the bank “like a cash machine, which always had to respond positively to their requests”.
Those defendants include Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former papal chief of staff, and the first cardinal ever to face a criminal trial before a Vatican tribunal.
