‘Vatican Girl’ Emanuela Orlandi, whose disappearance is the subject of a Netflix series

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Who eliminated it? On a hot afternoon on June 22, 1983, a Vatican State citizen disappears on his way to a music class. 15 years old, daughter of a Vatican official and her name Emanuela Orlandi. Investigations begin. Have VaticanThe secret services of various European countries, the mafia, and even a man who tried to kill John Paul II are investigated over the years.

There are no results. Since that time nothing is known about the young woman. One thing is certain: 39 years later, the question remains unanswered and Orlandi’s family continues to look for the girl.

This is the plot of the synopsis.‘The Vatican Girl’ directed by Australian Mark Lewisis based on a true story and is currently distributed in over 150 countries. new four-part documentary series Netflix’s, which has swept inside and outside Italy and brought back one of the darkest ‘cold cases’ in Vatican history. This is thanks to its content as well as a strong Italian-American production since the day before the premiere two weeks ago, wallpaper italian cities with old announcements of the young woman’s disappearance.

To the investigative journalist Emiliano FittipaldiHe was not surprised by the success of ‘The Vatican Girl’, who was interviewed during the documentary series. “Absolutely this Vatican has not answered questions since the 1980s Explain about this case, a young woman and a Vatican citizen, and also why the disappearance occurred forty years later, at a time when there was great political upheaval in Italy and various financial scandals shook the Vatican The public continues to be obsessed In an interview with El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group, he confirms that he is involved in this case.

suspected sexual assault

Having found documents a few years ago showing that the young woman may be alive and the Vatican’s involvement in the case, Fittipaldi considers one of Lewis’ main values ​​to be: solve many wrong clues around this story and emphasizing a theory which may explain the reasons behind Emanuela’s disappearance. So young was sexually assaulted by a person close to the late Pope John Paul II. A hypothesis also put forward years ago by the partially deceased exorcist Gabriele Amorth.

This time, it is based on possible reconstruction testimony of a womanEmanuela’s childhood friend and unidentified person, who said this days before she disappeared, The young woman told him that she was a victim of an episode. abuse. This secret would later be used by the Banda della Magliana, a criminal organization operating in Rome at the time, to organize the kidnapping of Emanuela, and usurp the VaticanAs journalist Andrea Purgatori, who has been following the case since the beginning, told the British newspaper The Telegraph. “What good does all this do?asked the newspaper Il Manifesto, emphasizing that: hints provided are not precise.

“The problem is that the elements are missing, Emanuela is still missing, and these new testimonies could mean: Great damage to the image of the church Saint Pope II. We’re talking about John Paul, which also explains the Vatican’s reluctance.” pessimistic regarding the probability of one day having all the truth about the case. “Still, the hope is Vatican Girl It leads the researcher to find new evidence,” said the researcher, thanks to the great noise created by the series, found new unreleased tracks working on it these days.

Turkish question mark

Mehmet Ali AgcaII in 1981. The Turkish activist, who was convicted of the attack on John Paul and went so far as to confirm that the young woman was abducted for her release – a clue that, like many things he’s said over the years, was never proven – wanted to give some insight into the series as well. According to Ağca’s current version, Lewis’ reconstruction of events, The “systematic campaign” of smears Against the Catholic Church and the disappearance of Emanuela Tied to the third secret of Fatima As stated in a memo sent to the Italian press this week (meaning the apocalyptic end of humanity).

Ağca, who usually makes statements when the news about the Vatican comes out with great interest in the press, is not the first time he uses it. this weird discussion to explain what will happen behind Attack on John Paul II. However, her brother Pietro Orlandi, who was always very involved in Emanuela’s quest, provide new evidence, if any. The Vatican continues without saying a word, as it has done from the beginning.

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