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"HOLY DEVIL."

MONK'S TRIAL AND SENTENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Rome, .Dec. 26. The extreme sentence of 24 years' solitary confinement brings to a close the dramatic trial of the mdhk Brother Ciavolino, known as the Italian Rasputin or the Holy Devil. The case was stranger than fiction. By means of his monstrous fascination the monk obtained the love of dozens of society women in Naples and,, after bringing woman after woman to shame and' misery, he became a victim himself, falling in love with a cabaret singer. He finally murdered the Father Superior in his own monastery to provide her with money.

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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1920, Page 5

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"HOLY DEVIL." Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1920, Page 5

"HOLY DEVIL." Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1920, Page 5

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