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Pope pardons butler, expels him from Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican. “This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited Paolo Gabriele in prison in order to confirm his forgiveness and to…
Pope’s butler jailed over leaked documents
The pope’s butler Paolo Gabriele will be locked up in a Vatican police cell Thursday after the prosecution decided not to appeal against his 18-month prison sentence for leaking papal documents, the Vatican said. Gabriele had been under house arrest since he was found guilty on October 6 of stealing…
Pope’s butler gets 18 months’ jail in ‘Vatileaks’ case
Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele Saturday got 18 months in prison for stealing secret documents from the Vatican that reveal fraud and intrigue in the tiny state. But the possibilty he will be pardoned by the Pope “is very concrete and very likely”, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told…
Pope’s butler to take stand in ‘Vatileaks’ trial
Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele takes the stand on Tuesday at his historic trial for stealing secret memos in what he said was a bid to battle “evil and corruption” in the Vatican. It will be the first time that Gabriele speaks out since his arrest in May…
Pope’s butler goes on trial for theft of letters exposing corruption claims
The pope’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, 46, smiled and joked on Saturday as his trial for stealing Benedict XVI’s most private correspondence got under way at the Vatican. The man who claims he was working as an “agent of the Holy Spirit” when he leaked letters exposing corruption allegations at…
World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy See became a sovereign state in 1929. The 19th-century courtroom where the trial takes place is tucked away behind the apse of St. Peter’s…
Pope’s butler risks 6 years in prison for stealing classified documents
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s butler risks up to six years in prison if convicted on a charge of aggravated theft for stealing classified documents from the papal chambers, a Vatican judge said Tuesday. Paolo Gabriele, a staunch Catholic who is seen as the layperson with the most access…
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