Cardinal and a priest guilty in radio case

Roberto Cardinal Tucci, S.J.

Function: President of the Management Committee of Vatican Radio

Title: Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Birthdate: Apr 19, 1921	Country: Italy

Elevated: Feb 21, 2001	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal and a priest guilty in radio case
May 15, 2005
A Rome court convicted a Vatican cardinal and a top Vatican Radio official Monday of polluting the environment with electromagnetic waves from a transmission tower, an official from Vatican Radio said.

(AP, MAY 10, 2005) ROME - Cardinal Roberto Tucci, former head of Vatican Radio's management committee, and the Reverend Pasquale Borgomeo, the station's director general, were sentenced to 10 days in jail, said the Reverend Federico Lombardi, the station's program director.

The sentences for the two men, both Jesuits, were automatically suspended.

Lombardi said the defense would appeal.

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