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Judge Orders Pope’s Butler and Secretary of State to Stand Trial in Vatican Scandal

August 16th, 2012 AT2W Staff
Vatican Scandal Has Judge Order Pope's Butler and another to Stand Trial

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Judge Orders Pope’s Butler and Secretary of State to Stand Trial Vatican Scandal

A Vatican judge on Monday ordered the pope’s butler and a fellow lay employee is being ordered by a Vatican judge to stand trial for the alleged pilfering of documents from Pope Benedict XVI’s private apartment. This scandal has brought about embarrassment that exposed power struggles and purported corruption at the Holy See’s highest levels.

The butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested at the Vatican in May on a grand theft charge that could have him face six years in jail. It has been stated the pope could pardon his former butler after any conviction.

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The Pope’s Butler Out of Jail, On House Arrest Until Trial

July 29th, 2012 AT2W Staff
Pope's butler released on house arrest until trial

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The Pope’s Butler Out of Jail, On House Arrest Until Trial

Pope Benedict XVI’s butler was released from a Vatican cell and placed under house arrest on Saturday as he awaits a ruling on whether he should stand trial for leaking confidential papers.

Paolo Gabriele “will reside at home with his family in the Vatican”, he said.

Gabriele’s lawyer meanwhile said his client believed his was “an act of love” for the pope and a bid to make the Catholic Church “more alive”. He stressed that Gabriele had acted alone and not as a part of any Vatican “plot”.

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Vaticans Say Pope Benedict XVI Refuses to Resign Over Alleged Butler’s Paper Leak

June 1st, 2012 AT2W Staff
Pope's Butler involved in paper leak?

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Vatican Says Pope Benedict XVI Refuses to Resign Over Alleged Butler’s Paper Leak

CNN reports:

Pope Benedict XVI’s spokesman has denied the pontiff will resign over the arrest of his butler on suspicion of leaking confidential documents, the Vatican press office said Thursday.

During a Wednesday meeting with journalists to answer questions about the situation, the Rev. Frederico Lombardi said the “hypothesis” advanced by some media outlets that the pope would resign are “baseless creations of some journalists, which have no foundation in reality.”

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