A civil court in Milan has ordered Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a longtime diplomat and former Vatican nuncio to the United States, to return close to €2 million plus interest and legal fees to his brother Fr Lorenzo Viganò.
After their father's death in 1961, the archbishop managed both their inheritances, which amounted to millions of dollars in real estate and bank deposits.
Fr Viganò, a biblical scholar and priest of the Italian Diocese of Pavia who resides in Chicago, won the lawsuit against his brother the archbishop, who has been ordered to hand over €1.8 million ($2 million) plus interest and legal fees. The priest has initiated several lawsuits against the archbishop, and while many charges have been dismissed, this was the first to end with a ruling.
