Vatican cardinal denies wrongdoing after sacking over property scandal

Vatican cardinal denies wrongdoing after sacking over property scandal
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been sacked amid a financial scandal (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

The financial scandal that toppled Cardinal Angelo Becciu has mounted as evidence shows he directed hundreds of thousands of euros of Vatican and Italian church funds to a charity controlled by his brother.

But Mr Becciu denied he did anything wrong, much less criminal, during a news conference a day after Pope Francis sacked him and revoked his rights and privileges as a cardinal.

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