Vatileaks: No Television Cameras in the Courtroom during Cross-Examination

Vatican Insider
September 17, 2012

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Inside the Vatican

The trial of Paolo Gabriele and IT technician Claudio Sciarpelletti begins on 29 September. The two stand trial for their alleged involvement in the Vatican document leak scandal

The President of the Tribunal of Vatican City State, Giuseppe Dalla Torre has issued a decree "ruling that the first hearing of the trial of Paolo Gabriele and Claudio Sciarpelletti, will take place at 9.30 a.m. on 29 September. The two accused were sent for trial by the examining magistrate on 13 August," a statement released by the Holy See Press Office states.

"The hearing – the statement adds – will take place in the audience hall of the Tribunal of Vatican City State. The parties concerned have been notified of the decree."

The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, explained that pools of newspaper and news agency journalists will be able to attend the hearings from time to time but no photographers or cameramen will be allowed in the courtroom.