VATICAN CITY
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Vatican City, 11 June (AKI) – Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler, who was detained last month over the leaks of sensitive papal documents, has asked for bail, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Monday.
”Paolo Gabriele’s application for bail has been presented by his lawyers and will be considered. For now, he is still detained,” Lombardi told journalists.
He denied that Gabriele, who was arrested in late May after private papal docuements were found in his Vatican apartment, was a scapegoat.
“The idea that Paolo Gabriele is a scapegoat doesn’t correspond to reality. On the contrary, the investigation that is being carried out aims to establish if one or more people are responsible,” Lombardi stated.
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