Franco Decaminada
IDI dermatological hospital declared bankrupt and 1,500 staff members had worked without pay for eight months.
By H. Nelson Goodson
April 6, 2013
Rome, Italy - Catholic Priest Franco Decaminada was arrested on Thursday by Italian financial police for allegedly embezzling $5.1M and creating a $769M debt at a Rome IDI dermatological hospital run by the "Congregation for the Children of the Immaculate Conception" and a Tuscany villa he built without authority of the Vatican was also siezed. The hospital was recently declared bankrupt and 1,500 medical and non-medical staff members haven't been paid for eight months.
The Vatican is trying to work with the IDI employees, but no economic aid total has been made public. Pope Francis I has not released a statement about the Decaminada's embezzlement in the case that began when Pope Benedict XVI was at the Vatican.
