Ex-head of Italy's famed Montecassino abbey in fraud investigation

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ROME (Reuters) - The former head of the world famous Roman Catholic Benedictine abbey of Montecassino, which was destroyed in World War Two and rebuilt, is under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement, police said on Wednesday. Police said Father Pietro Vittorelli, who until two years ago was abbot of the monastery founded by St. Benedict nearly 1,500 years ago, and his brother were suspected of siphoning off some 500,000 euros ($536,300.00) from abbey funds. ...

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