Auditor says he was forced to quit Vatican after finding irregularities


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  • Sunday, 24 Sep 2017

Pope Francis is greeted by Libero Milone (R), the Vatican's auditor general, during a meeting at the Vatican, April 1, 2016. Osservatore Romano/Handout via REUTERS

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down with trumped-up accusations after discovering evidence of possible illegal activity.

Speaking to reporters from four media organisations including Reuters in the office of his lawyers in Rome, Libero Milone also said he believed that some in the Vatican wanted to slow down Pope Francis's efforts at financial reform.

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