Vatican Court Rejects Auditor's Wrongful Dismissal Lawsuit

A Vatican City court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Secretariat of State by former Vatican auditors, who were ordered to pay tens of thousands of euros in court costs.  In a decision dated Jan. 22, the court rejected the claims brought by Libero Milone, the former auditor general of the Vatican and his recently deceased former deputy, Ferruccio Panicco, over their ousting from office in 2017. In addition to rejecting their requests for compensation, the court also ordered both men, including the deceased Panicco, to pay legal costs amounting to more than 100,000 euros between them.