Vatican indicts 10 on charges connected to London property deal

St Peter’s Square in Rome (Phil Noble/PA)

The Vatican’s criminal tribunal indicted 10 people, including a cardinal, and four companies on charges including extortion, abuse of office and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a London property venture.

The tribunal president, Judge Giuseppe Pignatone, set July 27 as the trial date, according to a Vatican statement on Saturday.