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Vatican Bank Embroiled in Money-Laundering ProbePosted on Sep 21, 2010
The Vatican has another holy mess on its hands, this time of the financial sort, as the man in charge of the Holy See’s official bank, one Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, is under investigation as part of a a money-laundering case, according to the BBC.
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By SarcastiCanuck, September 22, 2010 at 5:30 am Link to this comment
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Its o.k…Just have Mr.Tedeschi go to confession,say 10 Hail Marys and “its gonna be a gooda”....Looks like the Pope’s got somemore splanin to do Lucy…Look on the bright side,at least our corrupt religous officials take our minds off of our corrupt political figures.
Report thisThis would be funny if it just wasn’t so pathetically true….
By Anthony, September 22, 2010 at 4:10 am Link to this comment
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Steer clear of the Black Friar bridge!
Report thisBy gerard, September 21, 2010 at 6:22 pm Link to this comment
Not to worry. If the money is missing, just pick out one or two of the thousands of works of art and sell them to Southeby’s.
Report thisBy diman, September 21, 2010 at 5:50 pm Link to this comment
Vatican is a big banking business, so money laundering is a standard procedure, I say, the time has come to take George Carlin’s advice and start public crucifixions of high-ranking bankers in the halftimes between ballgames.
Report thisBy ralph, September 21, 2010 at 2:01 pm Link to this comment
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The Pope and his cronies are corrupt and evil- the history of the Vatican.
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