Michele Giordano
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Michele Cardinal Giordano (born September 26, 1930 in San Arcangelo, Italy) is the archbishop emeritus of Naples, Italy, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Naples (emeritus) |
In 1999, he was charged with funneling church funds to his brother in what prosecutors allege was a loan sharking ring. To the surprise of the Italian press, a judge acquitted him of those charges in December, 2000. In 2002, he was convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half months confinement on charges of illegally subdividing a historic place. That case centered around his decision to convert property bequeathed to the church into apartments instead of creating a home for retired priests, as the heiress who bequeathed the property had wished. The criminal conviction has been rejected before Italy's highest criminal court on April 28th 2005[1]
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