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Italian Supreme Court of Cassation (Corte di Cassazione italiana), Criminal Section III, No. 2242/2022, 20 January 2022

Type Judgment
Case number 2242/2022

Abstract

Offence of disturbing religious services - Forcing a procession to stop in front of the house of a leading member of 'Cosa Nostra'.

Normative references

Art. 405 Italian Criminal Code

Ruling

The conduct of a person who interferes with the orderly conduct of a religious procession in the presence of a minister of religion by ordering the bearers of the procession to stop unjustifiably in front of the house of the family of a Mafia boss, in his capacity as "head of the procession (capovara)", constitutes the offence of "turbatio sacrorum", referred to in Article 405 of the Italian Criminal Code.