> Peasant kids losing their virginity to those in power at a young age

this is called child rape

Last paragraph of the article:

> Revelations of a secretly taped phone call and what Pope Francis knew about the Vatican’s financial transactions are just the latest in a long and complicated trial which centers on the Vatican’s purchase of a luxury building in London in which 10 defendants are accused of fraud and extortion.

So it seems (from this incomplete article) that the defendant, Becciu, is being investigated for some misuse of the Vatican's money (fraud and extortion). Since Francis fired Becciu in 2020 over this alleged misconduct, it may be that Francis and other Vatican higher-ups are trying to scapegoat Becciu, saying that Becciu's misuse of funds was unknown to Francis, who doesn't generally know the particulars of Vatican finances. If the Vatican is trying to scapegoat Becciu like this, Becciu could try to use this secret recording to prove that Francis does generally know about Vatican finances and therefore probably would have known about Becciu's alleged misconduct. Such a finding could be pretty bad for the Vatican.