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They made the Conclave movie into a real thing !
It goes way deeper than this! Cardinal Pell (Australia) was investigating financial abuse at the Vatican when Becciu bribed Australian officials to prosecute Pell for alleged crimes (some say they were trumped up, others disagree). Becciu was trying to get Pell out of the picture so he wouldn't get caught in his financial crimes. Becciu was using the Vatican bank to launder money for the Italian Mafia who probably had dirt on him. Very bad stuff.
Eventually Pell's guilt was dropped and he was released from prison and Becciu was arrested, tried, and found guilty.
Edit: Some basic information here, but it always goes deeper.
Many disagree because he was accused before he became a cardinal. They also disagree because the investigation by Victoria Police and parliamentary inquiry started a year before he was appointed to the Secretariat for the Economy.
There's also the whole Ridsdale thing, where he shared a house with a convincted offender, during the active time. He was part of a group who suggested he be moved, he didn't think it was a good idea to send him on overnight trips with kids, etc. He ignored multiple complaints from many different people about the priest. He even walked the guy into trial over a decade later.
Not to mention his years of downplaying victim experiences while pretending he supports them.
Oh yes, and the royal comission that didn't reveal anything during his trial. And only later revealed that they concluded he knew about child sexual abuse and tried to hide it from the public.