“Lies and silence from the Church on the Nada Cella case”: the sister of the girl killed in Chiavari lashes out against the parish priest

Chiavari – A confrontation in the offices of the church of San Giacomo in Rupinaro, which once again became central in the case of Nada Cella, the young secretary killed in Chiavari in May 1996. Daniela Cella, Nada's sister, and Don Fausto Brioni, parish priest of Rupinaro, they met on the eve of Easter. Don Fausto apologized to the woman for the statements broadcast on Rete4 during the Quarto Grado broadcast. A thought that Daniela, who together with her mother Silvana Smaniotto has been waiting for justice for her sister for 28 years, has not digested.

The meeting, confirmed both by the parish priest and by the woman's lawyer, the lawyer Sabrina Franzone, did not lead to any clarification. However, it is still a breach. It is the first time since Nada's death that the young secretary's family – who have always denounced a certain silence on the part of the Curia of the time – are back in contact with the Chiavari clergy.

To understand how this meeting came about, we need to take a step back a few days. It's last Friday, the Quarto Grado broadcast broadcasts a contribution from Chiavari on the death of Nada Cellae on the archiving of the last investigation, the one that had targeted the former teacher Annalucia Cecere. Among the various contributions there was also a phone call to the current parish priest of Rupinaro, who at the time was a young chaplain in the Chiavari prison. Don Brioni, during the phone call, underlines how the parish priests of the time knew nothing about Nada's fate, despite having been nominated by the super witness who the Prosecutor's Office is still looking for today. Then Don Brioni closes: «The tragedy is that there is still the mother (Silvana Smaniotto, ed.) who wants to find the culprit at all costs – says the parish priest – However, poor woman, I understand her, but as long as she doesn't my heart at peace…”.

The phone call with the transmission ends like this. Daniela Cella listens to it live, she doesn't sleep on it. And at 2 am he entrusts his thoughts to Facebook, deciding to expose himself for the first time in 28 years. «Confirmed that we are dealing with liars who continue to tell lies, and covering up for these people there is an entire ecclesiastical community made up of priests and nuns», the woman pressed, then the thrust: «Dear Don Fausto I wanted to tell you that she is a terrible example of what the Church should represent and her words are so devoid of common sense and humanity that she should think about changing jobs and the entire ecclesiastical community of Chiavari together.”

The next morning, the woman also decides to present yourself in person before the parish priest, hence the conversation which, however, was not followed by the removal of the post on the social network. «The words aired on Quarto Grado are sentences taken out of context, extrapolated from an 18 minute conversation – explains Don Brioni – My great regret is for these long years of pain for Nada Cella's family. A pain that I understand deeply and that I have already seen many times.”