Among the documents were letters written to the pope and to the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, by the current apostolic nuncio to the United States, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, complaining of corruption in Vatican finances and a campaign of defamation against him. Viganò, formerly the second ranked Vatican administrator to the pope, begged not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions in higher contract prices. However, John L. Allen Jr. suggests Viganò's transfer could have been about personality rather than policy.