VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Catholic priest who worked as a diplomat at the Vatican's embassy in Washington was indicted on Saturday on charges of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada.

A Vatican statement said an investigation found that Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who was arrested in the Vatican in April after he had been recalled, had allegedly possessed and exchanged "a large quantity" of child pornography.

A Vatican magistrate ordered him to stand trial. It will start in the Vatican's tiny courtroom on June 22, the statement said.

It was not possible to reach Capella, who is being held in a cell in the Vatican's police barracks. The Vatican did not identify his lawyer.

The scandal is the latest blow to the Catholic Church as it struggles to overcome repeated sex abuse cases among its clergy……

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