The next day Feletti and De Dominicis, the latter of whom had fled to the rump Papal States, were formally charged with the "violent separation of the boy Edgardo Mortara from his own Jewish family".
Pada hari berikutnya, Feletti dan De Dominicis, yang lari ke sisa-sisa wilayah Negara Gereja, resmi dikenai dakwaan "pemisahan paksa bocah Edgardo Mortara dari keluarga Yahudi-nya sendiri".