Sistine Chapel Choir’s former director found guilty of embezzlement
December 11, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: A Vatican court has found Father Massimo Palombella, SDB, the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, guilty of embezzlement and has sentenced him to three years and two months in jail.
The court also rendered guilty verdicts against Michelangelo Nardella, the choir’s former business manager, and his wife, Simona Rossi. The former received a jail sentence of four years and eight months; the latter, a sentence of two years.
Palombella was the choir’s director from 2010 to 2019, when he resigned amid a financial investigation.
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