Vatican arrests Spanish prelate over leaks: official

Vatican arrests Spanish prelate over leaks: official

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said Monday a Spanish prelate had been arrested for allegedly stealing and leaking classified documents in the second such scandal to hit the secretive institution in three years.

The Vatican says Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda was arrested as part of an investigation into the "misappropriation and disclosure of classified documents and information"

Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, who served on a special commission set up by Pope Francis to advise him on economic reform within the Vatican, was arrested as part of an investigation into the "misappropriation and disclosure of classified documents and information".

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