VATICAN CITY
MSN
The results of an investigation by a special committee of cardinals into a series of damaging leaks at the Vatican should be handed to Pope Benedict XVI by the end of July, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
The report by the cardinals, who have questioned a total of 28 lay and religious people in the Vatican, is expected to remain confidential.
Holy See investigators meanwhile have been interrogating the pope’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, who is the sole suspect and is in detention.
Gabriele, who was arrested on May 23, is accused of stealing documents from the papal chambers, copying them and passing them on to a journalist.
He risks up to six years in prison but could also be pardoned by the pope.
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