Vatican forwards request to Italy concerning Monsignor Scarano

(Vatican Radio) The Promoter of Justice at the Vatican Tribunal, Giampiero Milano, has forwarded to the Italian judicial authorities a formal request asking them to interrogate Monsignor Nunzio Scarano as part on the ongoing investigation into the prelate’s activities. Scarano, bishop of Salerno near Naples in southern Italy, has been accused of money laundering. Father Federico Lombardi , the Director of the Vatican Press Office, confirmed this move when questioned by journalists about the case against Scarano.