Vatican monsignor admits to passing documents in trial

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VATICAN CITY (AP) – A Vatican monsignor has admitted in court that he passed confidential documents on to journalists but said he did so at a time when he feared for his life after a friendship with a woman turned sour.

Monsignor Angelo Lucio Vallejo Balda was the first defendant called to testify Monday in the Vatican’s controversial trial over leaked documents. In addition to Valleja, the two journalists, the woman and Vallejo’s secretary are on trial.

Under repeated questioning from the chief prosecutor and the tribunal president, Vallejo confessed that he passed documents to journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi.

“Yes, I passed documents,” he said. “I did it spontaneously, probably not fully lucid.”

“I was convinced I was in a situation without exit,” he said.

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