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Irregularities In Vatican Alleged

(N.Z. Press Association—Copy right) VATICAN CITY, January 29. A report of black market dealings in petrol has given the Vatican its second scandal in 48 hours, and has angered Roman Catholic authorities.

“All this makes it sound as if the Vatican were the Casbah,” said Monsignor Fauston Vallainc, the Vatican’s press spokesman. He refused, however, to comment on the black market reports. Monsignor Vallainc confirmed yesterday that officials were investigating reported financial irregularities in the Vatican Museum, which houses the world’s greatest collection of antiquities. He added that no evidence had been found to support a report by the Italia News Agency that Vatican Museum officials had sold illegally a large stock of admission tickets.

A Vatican source today told United Press International that officials had discovered illegal dealings in petrol, which is sold to Vatican resi-

dents and employees at about half the normal price. The source added that an unnamed official had been suspended from his post and petrol rationing rules tightened as a result. Each Vatican citizen or employee has a right to buy up to 33 gallons of petrol a month at the Vatican garage for a price equivalent to less than 36c a gallon for regular, and about 47c for special. According to the source, one or more Vatican employees sold their ration cards to Italians for about 18c a gallon.

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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32209, 30 January 1970, Page 13

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Irregularities In Vatican Alleged Press, Volume CX, Issue 32209, 30 January 1970, Page 13

Irregularities In Vatican Alleged Press, Volume CX, Issue 32209, 30 January 1970, Page 13