Monday, August 13, 2012

Vatican Orders Trial of Butler, Charges a 2nd Man; Computer Expert Gave Butler Info to Leak to Press

The Vatican today (August 13, 2012) ordered Pope Benedict's former butler to stand trial on charges of aggravated theft for leaking documents alleging widespread corruption, and -- for the first time -- revealed a second man was accused of being involved in the case, according to the Reuters website.

In a 35-page document on a papal scandal -- which has rocked the Holy See since butler Paolo Gabriele was arrested last May -- the Vatican said he saw himself as "an agent of the Holy Spirit."

Computer expert Claudio Sciarpelletti -- a layman -- has also been charged on lesser charges of aiding and abetting a crime, the document said.

It alleged Sciarpelleti was a close friend of Gabriele and that investigators had found a sealed envelope in his desk addressed to the butler, which contained material published in a book based on the leaks.

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