VATICAN CITY
Press TV (Iran)
[with video]
Pope Benedict’s butler Paolo Gabriele has been charged with illegal possession of secret documents that revealed cronyism and corruption in Vatican contracts.
The documents revealed allegations of corruption, mismanagement and cronyism in the awarding of contracts for work in the Vatican and internal disagreement on the management of the Vatican bank.
Press TV has interviewed Gerard O’Connell, a Vatican Affairs analyst in Rome about the ramifications of the leaked information of the internal conduct of the Catholic Church and the investigations that have been opened regarding the matter. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview.
Press TV : Documents that allege corruption in the Vatican contracts with Italian firms… they’ve now hit the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church with the arrest of the Pope’s personal butler.
How sensitive do you think this has become when we speak of it becoming nearer or closer to the Vatican doors?
O’Connell: Well, it’s certainly dramatic. It’s certainly serious. What you are seeing here is the revelation of private correspondence at the heart of government.
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