In case of Emmanuelle Orlandi, the girl from the Vatican who disappeared in 1983 without the reasons being clarified, returns again and again and has already become one of the great mysteries of Italian history. The event of the disappearance, amplified on a global scale by Netflix, has returned again this week with new controversies and loose ends that throw new questions (and some answers) to the plot. here they go
Why is the case coming back now?
The controversy has exploded at the hands of the Italian journalist Enrico Mentana. This week, in the news that he conducts daily on channel La 7, he gave way to a criticized reportage who announced the existence of a new track that it would be being investigated and that iwould implicate a relative of the young woman missing. It would be a orlandi’s uncle who allegedly abused Natalina Orlandi, Emanuela’s older sister, years later. A hypothesis that has infuriated the family, which has been denied that the relative was in Rome at the time of the alleged abuse. Furthermore, Natalina also denied that there was sexual abuse. “There were verbal treats and they lasted about a month & rdquor ; The woman also regretted that the Vatican prosecutors did not ask her or her brother Pietro if this accusation is true.
Is the Vatican trying to divert attention?
This is the accusation made publicly by the family. However, the question is very difficult answer. First, because the Vatican is made up of many currents, not always in tune with each other. Second, because there is no evidence that Mentana obtained the information through the Holy See. It could also have been leaked by the Rome Prosecutor’s Office, which is also investigating the case, or by other people who had access to the Vatican documents in which this hypothesis was recorded. Even so, Pietro Orlandi, Emanuela’s brother, said he still thinks Pope Francis is committed to finding the truth, but that’s not the case for everyone living in the Vatican.
What role does the Italian Parliament play in this case?
The family has asked the Italian Parliament to create a parliamentary commission to investigate the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. The proposal has already received the green light from the Italian Congress, but has yet to be approved by the Senate. Once that happens, the parliamentarians assigned to this commission will be able to get to work and investigate the case. However, Pietro Orlandi considers that within the Vatican there are those who do not want this commission to start up, to prevent the truth from coming to light, so the risk is that it will not be formed.
Why is the Orlandi case getting so much attention?
A frivolous reason is precisely that the story of this disappearance has also appeared on the Netflix platform, which has revived the case throughout Italy. In addition to this, the suspicion is that the web has been so well constructed that it is distrusted that the case will really be able to be clarified.