A Vatican court today (November 10, 2012) found a Holy See computer expert guilty of obstruction of justice in the investigation of leaks of sensitive papal documents to the media by Pope Benedict's former butler, according to the Reuters website.
The same court which already convicted Paolo Gabriele -- the Pope's former butler -- gave Claudio Sciarpelletti a two-month suspended sentence for obstructing the investigation of the media leaks. The Pope's former butler was sentenced to 18 months in prison last month.
The leaks unleashed one of the biggest crises of Pope Benedict's papacy, embarrassing the Vatican at a time when it was struggling to overcome several child sex abuse scandals involving clerics, as well as mismanagement at its bank.
Vatican watchers are skeptical that Gabriele could have acted alone, and believe he may have been forced to take the blame in order to shield bigger players inside the Holy See. They say both Gabriele and Sciarpelletti could be pawns in a palace power struggle.
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