Associated with the Vatican bank for more than 20 years, the archbishop was its president from 1971 to 1989.

The Vatican Bank lost about a quarter of a billion dollars.

This issue is the theme of a recent class action suit against the Vatican Bank and others.

The missing money turned out to have been lent to 10 shadowy companies controlled by the Vatican bank.

Allegations exist that it's still being kept in the Vatican Bank.

He was best known for his tenure as President of the Vatican Bank from 1971 through 1989.

The Vatican Bank had issued guarantee letters for the loans.

The suit against the Vatican Bank did not claim that the gold was then in its possession and has since been dismissed.

Such claims, however, are denied by the Vatican Bank.

The Archbishop stepped down as head of the Vatican Bank in 1989 and retired the following year.