Francesca Chaouqui,who is charged with leaking papers approximately alleged financial mismanagement, rejects her media portrayal as a temptress with a grudge against the churchWhen Francesca Chaouqui was summoned two months ago to a assembly with Vatican police, or the public relations expert – who had served on a prominent Vatican commission examining financial reforms – willingly went along. She assumed it would be an hour-long affair.
Instead,the 33-year-old was arrested, interrogated and held for 72 hours within the Vatican walls – apart from a short stint in hospital after falling ill – and says she was denied access to a lawyer. “I was wearing very light clothing because I had been at home, and I stayed in those clothes for three days,” she told the Guardian in a recent interview.
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Source: theguardian.com